Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
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- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jun 6, 2025
What it does
The bill would amend the Arms Export Control Act to exempt the United Kingdom from the requirement to conclude a bilateral agreement before exporting defense items, streamlining licensing for U.S.-UK defense trade. It also clarifies that certain sensitive defense items—such as complete rocket and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of delivering a 500-kilogram payload over 300 kilometers, related components, toxicological and biological agents, nuclear weapons-related defense articles, and items Australia cannot control under its laws—remain excluded from the defense trade cooperation treaty with Australia. The change affects U.S. export licensing procedures and applies specifically to…
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