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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1093 
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on implemen-
tation of the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partner-
ship between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2023 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a 
report on implementation of the advanced capabilities 
pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Aus-
tralia, 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, 
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SECTION 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVANCED CAPA-
BILITIES PILLAR OF THE TRILATERAL SECU-
RITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA, 
THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the enhanced trilateral security partnership 
between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘AUKUS partnership’’) is intended to positively 
contribute to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific 
region through enhanced deterrence; 
(2) to this end, implementation of the AUKUS 
partnership will require a whole-of-government re-
view of processes and procedures for Australia, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States to benefit 
from such partnership and, in particular, to support 
joint development of advanced capabilities; 
(3) the Department of State plays a pivotal role 
in the administration of arms exports and sales pro-
grams under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 
(4) the Department of State should work in co-
ordination with the Department of Defense and 
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other relevant United States Government agencies to 
seek to expeditiously implement the AUKUS part-
nership; and 
(5) the Department of State, in coordination 
with the Department of Defense, should clearly com-
municate any United States requirements to address 
matters related to the technology security and export 
control measures of Australia and the United King-
dom. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on efforts of the Department of 
State to implement the advanced capabilities pillar 
of the AUKUS partnership. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) For each of the calendar years 2021 
and 2022— 
(i) the average and median times for 
the United States Government to review 
applications for licenses to export defense 
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articles or defense services to persons, cor-
porations, and the governments (including 
agencies and subdivisions of such govern-
ments, including official missions of such 
governments) of Australia or the United 
Kingdom; 
(ii) the average and median times for 
the United States Government to review 
applications from Australia and the United 
Kingdom for foreign military sales begin-
ning from the date Australia or the United 
Kingdom submitted a letter of request that 
resulted in a letter of acceptance with; and 
(iii) the number of applications from 
Australia and the United Kingdom for li-
censes to export defense articles and de-
fense services that were denied or approved 
with provisos, listed by year. 
(B) For each of the fiscal years 2017, 
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, the number 
of voluntary disclosures resulting in a violation 
of the International Traffic in Arms Regula-
tions (ITAR) enumerated under section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) 
or involving proscribed countries listed in sec-
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tion 126.1 of the ITAR, by persons, corpora-
tions, and the governments (including agencies 
and subdivisions of such governments, including 
official missions of such governments) of Aus-
tralia or the United Kingdom, including infor-
mation with respect to— 
(i) any instance of unauthorized ac-
cess to technical data or defense articles; 
(ii) inadequate physical or cyber secu-
rity; 
(iii) retransfers or re-exports without 
authorization; and 
(iv) employees of foreign companies 
that are United States persons that pro-
vide defense services without authorization. 
(C) The value of any civil penalties as-
sessed from 2017 to 2022 for disclosures or vio-
lations described in subparagraph (B) on 
United States applicants that involved foreign 
persons, foreign corporations, and foreign gov-
ernments in the United Kingdom or Australia. 
(D) A list of relevant United States laws, 
regulations, and treaties and other international 
agreements to which the United States is a 
party that govern authorizations to export de-
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fense articles or defense services that are re-
quired to implement the AUKUS partnership. 
(E) An assessment of key recommenda-
tions the United States Government has pro-
vided to the governments of Australia and the 
United Kingdom to revise laws, regulations, and 
policies of such countries that are required to 
implement the AUKUS partnership. 
(F) An assessment of recommended im-
provements to export control laws and regula-
tions of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States that such countries should make 
to implement the AUKUS partnership and to 
otherwise meet the requirements of section 
38(j)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(j)(2)), and the challenges Aus-
tralia and the United Kingdom have conveyed 
in meeting these requirements including with 
respect to sensitive defense technology security 
controls. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
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