119-hr3813

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3813 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3813

 To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide to the United Kingdom 
 an exemption for licensing of defense items for export in the absence 
 of a relevant bilateral agreement.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 6, 2025

 Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide to the United Kingdom 
 an exemption for licensing of defense items for export in the absence 
 of a relevant bilateral agreement.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Special Relationship Military 
Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION.

 

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

    (1) in subsection

    (f)

    (3) , by inserting ``or the United 
 Kingdom'' after ``Canada''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (j)

    (1) , by striking subparagraph
            (C) and 
 inserting after subparagraph
        (B) the following new 
 subparagraphs:
 ``
            (C) Exception for the united kingdom.--The 
 requirement to conclude a bilateral agreement in 
 accordance with subparagraph
        (A) shall not apply with 
 respect to an exemption for the United Kingdom from the 
 licensing requirements of this chapter for the export 
 of defense items.
 ``
            (D) Exception for defense cooperation treaties.--
 The requirement to conclude a bilateral agreement in 
 accordance with subparagraph
        (A) shall not apply with 
 respect to an exemption from the licensing requirements 
 of this chapter for the export of defense items to give 
 effect to the Treaty Between the Government of the 
 United States of America and the Government of 
 Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at 
 Sydney September 5, 2007 (and any implementing 
 arrangement thereto), except that the United States 
 shall exempt from the scope of such treaty--
 ``
            (i) complete rocket systems (including 
 ballistic missile systems, space launch 
 vehicles, and sounding rockets) or complete 
 unmanned aerial vehicle systems (including 
 cruise missile systems, target drones, and 
 reconnaissance drones) capable of delivering at 
 least a 500 kilogram payload to a range of 300 
 kilometers, and associated production 
 facilities, software, or technology for these 
 systems, as defined in the Missile Technology 
 Control Regime Annex Category I, Item 1;
 ``
            (ii) individual rocket stages, re-entry 
 vehicles and equipment, solid or liquid 
 propellant motors or engines, guidance sets, 
 thrust vector control systems, and associated 
 production facilities, software, and 
 technology, as defined in the Missile 
 Technology Control Regime Annex Category I, 
 Item 2;
 ``
            (iii) defense articles and defense 
 services listed in the Missile Technology 
 Control Regime Annex Category II that are for 
 use in rocket systems, as that term is used in 
 such Annex, including associated production 
 facilities, software, or technology;
 ``
            (iv) toxicological agents, biological 
 agents, and associated equipment, as listed in 
 the United States Munitions List (part 121.1 of 
 chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal 
 Regulations), Category XIV, subcategories

    (a) ,

    (b) ,

    (f)

    (1) ,
            (i) ,

    (j) as it pertains to

    (f)

    (1) ,
            (l) as it pertains to

    (f)

    (1) , and
            (m) as it 
 pertains to all of the subcategories cited in 
 this paragraph;
 ``
            (v) defense articles and defense services 
 specific to the design and testing of nuclear 
 weapons which are controlled under United 
 States Munitions List Category XVI

    (a) and

    (b) , 
 along with associated defense articles in 
 Category XVI
            (d) and technology in Category 
 XVI

    (e) ; and
 ``
            (vi) defense articles for which 
 Australian laws, regulations, or other 
 commitments would prevent Australia from 
 enforcing the control measures specified in 
 such treaty.''.
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