[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5113-S5114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3360. Mr. RICKETTS (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coons, 
Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Ernst, 
Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title XII, add the following:

               Subtitle F--AUKUS Improvement Act of 2025

     SEC. 1271. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``AUKUS Improvement Act 
     of 2025''.

     SEC. 1272. 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.''.

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     SEC. 1273. 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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