Bill to Enhance AUKUS Defense Trade Becomes Bicameral
Reps. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, announced Aug. 21 that they are introducing a House companion to a Senate bill that seeks to remove obstacles to defense trade within the 4-year-old Australia-U.K.-U.S. security partnership.
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The AUKUS Improvement Act, which Sens. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., unveiled in June (see 2506200003), would exempt State Department-vetted entities that have been approved as AUKUS authorized users from the requirement to obtain third-party transfer approvals under the foreign military sales process. The proposed change is intended to make it easier for AUKUS partners to transfer equipment to industry for further development, operation, maintenance and sustainment.
The House bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., and Sarah McBride, D-Del.