ARMOR Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4233 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4233

 To modify provisions relating to defense trade and cooperation among 
         Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2025

    Mrs. Kim (for herself, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Zinke) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify provisions relating to defense trade and cooperation among 
         Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``AUKUS Reform for Military 
Optimization and Review Act'' or the ``ARMOR Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the President should work with the 
governments of the United Kingdom and Australia to formulate policy 
that would address matters of extraterritoriality, which may present 
inefficiencies in defense repair, maintenance, and sustainment among 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for defense 
articles and services not on the excluded technology list.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE TRADE AND 
              COOPERATION AMONG AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Expansion of Expedited Review of Export Licenses.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1344(c) of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 10423(c)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``classified and unclassified 
                items, and the process'' and inserting ``classified and 
                unclassified items, and apply to all exports and 
                transfers (including reexports, retransfers, temporary 
                imports, and brokering activities),wholly within or 
                between the geographic territory of Australia, Canada, 
                the United Kingdom, or the United States, and the 
                process''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Any licensing 
                application to export defense articles and services'' 
                and inserting ``Any licensing application to transfer, 
                export, reexport, retransfer, temporarily import, or 
                broker defense articles and services wholly within or 
                between the geographic territory of Australia, Canada, 
                the United Kingdom, or the United States''.
            (2) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
                thereafter for 15 years, the President shall submit to 
                the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the appropriate 
                congressional committees, the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives, and the Majority Leader of the Senate 
                a report with respect to the use of the expedited 
                review process established by section 1344 of the 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
                (22 U.S.C. 10423), that includes the following:
                            (i) An update on the progress made toward 
                        implementing such expedited review process.
                            (ii) The number of licenses issued.
                            (iii) A list of each principal applicant 
                        issued a license.
                            (iv) A list of defense articles and 
                        services for which a license was issued.
                    (B) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--
                In this paragraph, the term ``appropriate congressional 
                committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Foreign Relations of the Senate.
    (b) Clarification of Congressional Notification Requirement.--
Section 38(l)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(l)(2)) 
is amended by striking ``the United States, the United Kingdom, and 
Australia.'' and inserting ``the United States, the United Kingdom, and 
Australia. The congressional notification requirements of subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 36 shall not apply with respect to the export or 
transfer of defense articles or defense services subject to the 
exemption described in this paragraph.''
    (c) Requirement To Review Excluded Technologies List.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Defense, shall review, annually for the 
        covered period, and every 3 years thereafter, Supplement No. 2 
        to part 126 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
        (parts 120-130 of title 22, Code of Federal 
        Regulations)(commonly known at the ``Excluded Technologies 
        List'') to ensure inclusion of only those items required by 
        statute, or otherwise determined by such Secretaries, to 
        require continued licensing review for national security 
        reasons.
            (2) Covered period defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``covered period'' means the 5-year period beginning 180 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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