AUSTRALIA, COMMONWEALTH OF

Bills and resolutions

Arms Export Control Act: modify certain provisions relative to Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. Security Treaty (AUKUS Treaty) defense trade cooperation (see H.R. 3068), H1727 [29AP] (see H.R. 4233), H3032 [27JN]

Crime: condemn mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney and all forms of hatred and violence directed at religious communities, and express condolences to victims and their families (see H. Res. 956), H6023 [17DE]

Dept. of Defense: initiate discussions with Australia, India, and Japan to identify mutual areas of interest relative to best practices in space, cooperation on space situational awareness, and space industrial policy (see S. 1946), S3234 [4JN] (see H.R. 5175), H3891 [8SE]

——— require annual reports on allied contributions to common defense (see S. 2152), S3516 [24JN]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit persons who are not citizens of U.S., except for those from allied nations known as Five Eyes countries, from accessing or entering sites and facilities (see H.R. 4000), H2820 [12JN]

Dept. of State: establish Economic Security Working Group within Quad in consultation with Dept. of Commerce and other Quad countries (see S. 2380), S4528 [22JY]

——— report on current capacity and ability of U.S. Mission in Australia (see H.R. 6123), H4815 [19NO]

——— require strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation between U.S., Australia, India, and Japan and establish Quad Intra-Parliamentary Working Group (see H.R. 1263), H675 [12FE]

Foreign policy: make improvements to trilateral security partnership between Australia, United Kingdom, and U.S. (see S. 2130), S3470 [18JN] (see H.R. 5013), H3706 [22AU]

Foreign trade: modify provision of law on expedited review of export licenses for exports of advanced technologies to Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada (see S. 1896), S3116 [22MY]

——— place duty on imported Australian Wagyu beef and establish reciprocal trade agreement between U.S. and Australia relative to Wagyu beef (see H.R. 2393), H1302 [26MR]

Notices

Proposed sale of defense articles and services: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1796–S1799 [24MR], S2507 [9AP], S3432–S3434 [17JN], S5548–S5557 [2SE], S6638–S6643 [16SE], S6870 [30SE], S7996 [7NO]

Remarks in House

Arms Export Control Act: modify certain provisions relative to Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. Security Treaty (AUKUS Treaty) defense trade cooperation (H.R. 4233), H3736–H3738 [2SE]

Crime: express condolences to victims of mass shooting at Bondi Beach, H5906, H5937 [16DE], H6095 [18DE]

Dept. of State: require strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation between U.S., Australia, India, and Japan and establish Quad Intra-Parliamentary Working Group (H.R. 1263), H2119–H2121 [19MY]

Jews: condemn rise of antisemitism, H6095 [18DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to foreign trade, H587 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: express condolences to victims of mass shooting at Bondi Beach, S8700, S8702 [15DE], S8757 [16DE]

Reports filed

AUKUS Improvement Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2130), S7849 [30OC]

Texts of

H.R. 1263, Strengthening the Quad Act, H2119 [19MY]

H.R. 4233, AUKUS Reform for Military Optimization and Review (ARMOR) Act, H3736 [2SE]