S.Amdt. 3360

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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