[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3068 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3068

   To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions 
  relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2025

  Mr. Huizenga (for himself and Mr. McCaul) 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 modify certain provisions 
  relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes.

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

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''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    (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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