AUKUS Improvement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2130 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2130

 To make improvements to the AUKUS partnership, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2025

   Mr. Ricketts (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coons, Mrs. 
Fischer, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make improvements to the AUKUS partnership, and for other purposes.

    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 Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT AND 
              OTHER ARMS TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 38(l) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(l)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Exemption from certain requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Defense articles sold by the 
                United States under this Act may be reexported, 
                retransferred or temporarily imported exclusively 
                between the Government of Australia, the Government of 
                the United Kingdom, or entities eligible under section 
                126.7(b)(2) of title 22 of the Code of Federal 
                Regulations, or successor regulations. Such transfers 
                shall not require the consent of the President under 
                section 3(a)(2) of this Act, or under section 505(a)(1) 
                of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                2314(a)(1)(B)).
                    ``(B) Intra-company, intra-organizational, and 
                intra-governmental transfers.--Intra-company, intra-
                organization, and intra-governmental transfers related 
                to defense articles and defense services described 
                under subparagraph (A) are authorized between officers, 
                employees, and agents who satisfy section 120.64 of 
                title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or 
                successor regulations, including dual or third country 
                nationals who satisfy section 126.18 of title 22 of the 
                Code of Federal Regulations, or successor 
                regulations.''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL 
              TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENTS 
              INVOLVING AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    Section 36(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``A certification'' and inserting ``(A) A 
        certification'';
            (3) in clause (i), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Australia, 
        Japan'' and inserting ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
        (excluding the United Kingdom) or Japan''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) A certification under this subsection shall not be 
        required in the case of an agreement for or in Australia or the 
        United Kingdom.''.
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