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This bill aims to improve the AUKUS partnership (a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) by modifying arms export control regulations to facilitate easier defense technology and equipment transfers between these countries. Specifically, the bill provides flexibility in arms export controls by allowing defense articles sold by the United States to be more freely reexported, retransferred, or temporarily imported between Australia, the United Kingdom, and eligible entities without requiring additional presidential consent. The legislation also streamlines administrative processes by eliminating certain certification requirements for commercial technical assistance and manufacturing license agreements involving Australia and the United Kingdom. Additionally, the bill authorizes intra-company, intra-organizational, and intra-governmental transfers of defense articles and services, including transfers involving dual or third-country nationals who meet specific regulatory criteria. These changes are designed to reduce bureaucratic barriers and enhance military cooperation among the AUKUS partners, making it easier to share sensitive defense technologies and support strategic military objectives.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5013/all-info