HR 4233
ARMOR Act
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Bill overview
The ARMOR Act aims to streamline defense trade and cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Specifically, it seeks to expedite the review process for export licenses related to defense articles and services within the geographic territories of these three nations. The bill also includes provisions for reporting on the use of this expedited process and for reviewing the Excluded Technologies List to ensure it only includes necessary items for national security concerns.
Key provisions
- Expedited review of export licenses for defense articles and services within Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- Requirement for the President to report on the implementation and use of the expedited review process.
- Clarification of congressional notification requirements for defense exports.
- Annual review of the Excluded Technologies List to ensure it aligns with statutory requirements and national security concerns.
Who is affected
- Australia
- The United Kingdom
- The United States
- Defense Industry
- Government Agencies
Notable changes
- Expands the scope of expedited review to include all exports and transfers between the specified countries.
- Modifies the congressional notification requirements for defense exports.
- Establishes a process for regularly reviewing and updating the Excluded Technologies List.
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Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] Radewagen
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4233
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To modify provisions relating to defense trade and cooperation among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
This Act may be cited as the AUKUS Reform for Military Optimization and Review Act ARMOR Act
or the
.
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.
Section 1344(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 10423(c)) is amended—
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
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
.
The number of licenses issued.
A list of each principal applicant issued a license.
A list of defense articles and services for which a license was issued.
appropriate congressional committeesmeans the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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.
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.
In this subsection, the term covered period
means the 5-year period beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.