Modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation
H.R. 3068119th Congress

Modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation

Reported by CommitteeRep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)9 sections · 1 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

Section 1. Modification of certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation

Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended—

(1) in subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii)—

(A) by striking subclauses (I), (II), and (III); and

(B) redesignating subclauses (IV), (V), (VI), and (VII) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV), respectively; and

(2) in subsection (l)(4)—

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii) and inserting any of subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii); and

(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by adding at the end before the period the following: and does not relate to the Missile Technology Control Regime.

(a) In general

It shall no longer be the policy of the United States to apply a presumption of denial to exports of materials considered Category 1 or 2 of the Missile Technology Control Regime to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, major non-NATO allies, or the other countries of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.

(b) Five eyes intelligence alliance defined

In this section, the term Five Eyes intelligence alliance means Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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