A bill to terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is introduced (H.R. 8197)

On 6 April 2026 Representative Tim Burchett introduced H.R. 8197 in the US House of Representatives, a bill to terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense. It was referred to the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The bill would require the Secretary of Defense, within 60 days of enactment, to terminate the Office and transfer its functions to other elements of the Department, and would bar the Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from establishing a similar centralised office for unidentified anomalous phenomena. It would repeal Section 1683 of the Fiscal Year 2022 defence authorisation act and amend related records provisions.

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Within 60 days of enactment the Secretary of Defense would terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and transfer its functions to other elements of the Department of Defense (pp. 1-2).
The Secretary and the Director of National Intelligence could not establish a single office "similar to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office" with comprehensive or centralized authority over unidentified anomalous phenomena (p. 2).
Section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) would be repealed, as would Section 1673 of the Fiscal Year 2026 act (p. 2).
Records duties under the Fiscal Year 2023 and Fiscal Year 2024 acts would pass from the Office to the Secretary (pp. 2-3).
The bill defines unidentified anomalous phenomena as airborne objects not immediately identifiable, transmedium objects or devices, and certain submerged objects or devices (p. 4).

Documents

Document To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. U.S. House of Representatives· 2026-04-06· 4 pp.