S.Amdt. 3780

SA 3780. Mr. RICKETTS (for himself and Mr. Kaine) 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 that are not included in Supplement No.
2 to Part 126 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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.''.

SEC. 1273. ELIMINATION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR
COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR
MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENTS INVOLVING
AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Manufacturing Licensing Agreements and Technical Assistance
Agreements for Australia and the United Kingdom that involve
defense articles that are subject to the licensing exemption
under section 38(l) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778(l)) shall not be subject to the requirements for
congressional notification under section 36(d) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776(d)).
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