S. 2130 — AUKUS Improvement Act of 2025

This section establishes an exemption from presidential consent requirements under section 3(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act and section 505(a)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act for reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports of defense articles sold by the United States exclusively between the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom or entities eligible under 22 CFR §126.7(b)(2), or successor regulations. It further authorizes related intra-company, intra-organizational, and intra-governmental transfers of such defense articles and services among officers, employees, and agents satisfying 22 CFR §120.64, or successor regulations—including dual or third-country nationals under 22 CFR §126.18, or successor regulations.

This section eliminates the congressional certification requirement under section 36(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act for commercial technical assistance or manufacturing license agreements for or in Australia or the United Kingdom by modifying the existing exception for North Atlantic Treaty Organization members (excluding the United Kingdom) or Japan and adding a new exception for such agreements involving those two countries.