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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4233 
To modify provisions relating to defense trade and cooperation among 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2025 
Mrs. KIM (for herself, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Mr. ZINKE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To modify provisions relating to defense trade and coopera-
tion among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AUKUS Reform for 
Military Optimization and Review Act’’ or the ‘‘ARMOR 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
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 
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of extraterritoriality, which may present inefficiencies in 
defense repair, maintenance, and sustainment among Aus-
tralia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for de-
fense articles and services not on the excluded technology 
list. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO DE-
FENSE TRADE AND COOPERATION AMONG 
AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) EXPANSION OF EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT 
LICENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1344(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2024 (22 U.S.C. 10423(c)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘classified and unclassified 
items, and the process’’ and inserting ‘‘classi-
fied and unclassified items, and apply to all ex-
ports and transfers (including reexports, re-
transfers, temporary imports, and brokering ac-
tivities),wholly within or between the geographic 
territory of Australia, Canada, the United 
Kingdom, or the United States, and the proc-
ess’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Any li-
censing application to export defense articles 
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and services’’ and inserting ‘‘Any licensing ap-
plication to transfer, export, reexport, re-
transfer, 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’’. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter for 15 years, the 
President shall submit to the Chairpersons and 
Ranking Members of the appropriate congres-
sional committees, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, and the Majority Leader of the 
Senate a report with respect to the use of the 
expedited review process established by section 
1344 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 10423), that 
includes the following: 
(i) An update on the progress made 
toward implementing such expedited review 
process. 
(ii) The number of licenses issued. 
(iii) A list of each principal applicant 
issued a license. 
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(iv) A list of defense articles and serv-
ices for which a license was issued. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-
TION REQUIREMENT.—Section 38(l)(2) of the Arms Ex-
port 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 de-
scribed in this paragraph.’’ 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW EXCLUDED TECH-
NOLOGIES LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall re-
view, annually for the covered period, and every 3 
years thereafter, Supplement No. 2 to part 126 of 
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (parts 
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120–130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regula-
tions)(commonly known at the ‘‘Excluded Tech-
nologies 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. 
(2) COVERED PERIOD DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the 5-year 
period beginning 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
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