To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Key claim: HR8197 proposes to terminate the Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which is responsible for investigating unidentified aerial phenomena.
Abstract
(HR8197 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-04-06): 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.
Why this matters
AARO is the DoD’s statutorily-established focal point for investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena and consolidating UAP-related safety, intelligence, and congressional reporting; terminating it would remove a named authority created by recent NDAAs and shift (or eliminate) those functions. The proposal is a marker of congressional dissatisfaction with AARO’s output and transparency, and its trajectory will indicate whether UAP oversight is restructured, defunded, or absorbed into other intelligence or defense components.