Congress·In Committee·H.R. 8197

To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

UFO Investigations: Closing the Centralized Research Office

Apr 6·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committee

This bill is currently in the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees. It has not seen any action since April 2026, meaning it has been stalled for three months. The bill must be reviewed by these committees before it can move forward, but most bills do not make it past this stage.

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Unlikely to pass

This bill faces a steep climb because the office it aims to close was created with broad support from both parties to improve government transparency on the issue.

Key Points

This bill would shut down the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which is the main group in the Pentagon responsible for investigating UFOs or unidentified anomalous phenomena. The office would be required to close its doors within 60 days of the bill becoming law.
The Secretary of Defense would have to move the office's current work to other parts of the military. However, the bill specifically bans the government from ever creating another single, central office to handle these types of investigations in the future.
The proposal would change how the military tracks objects that move between space, the air, and the water. It would also remove specific legal requirements for how the government keeps records on these mysterious objects and how it shares that data with the National Archives.
The bill's sponsor has been a vocal critic of how the government handles information about unidentified objects. By closing this central office, the bill aims to change how the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies manage and report on these sightings.

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Milestones

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Apr 6, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Apr 6, 2026

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill NumberHR 8197

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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