S 1006 United States Senate · 118th Congress

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 Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

S 1006 requires the U.S. Secretary of State, with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report to Congress within 90 days of enactment on implementing the "advanced capabilities pillar" of the AUKUS security partnership (Australia, UK, U.S.). The report must detail U.S. government review times for defense exports to Australia and the UK, denial rates for such exports, ITAR violations by those countries, civil penalties assessed, and recommendations for improving export controls. It specifically mandates data on defense export review times (2021-2022), ITAR violations (2017-2022), and assessments of legal changes needed in Australia and the UK. The bill focuses on transparency around defense export processes under the AUKUS partnership, with no new policy requirements beyond the reporting mandate.
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Introduced Mar 28, 2023 Last action Mar 28, 2023
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Mar 28, 2023
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