118th Congress International Affairs
H.R. 3939: AUKUS Undersea Defense Act
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Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to sell Australia up to two Virginia-class attack submarines under the Australia-United Kingdom-United States security partnership agreement (AUKUS). The bill authorizes DOD to transfer the submarines from existing Navy inventories. The bill also
- applies existing law to the transfer under this bill of special nuclear material related to submarine reactors,
- authorizes the Navy to determine the appropriate shipyard in any of the AUKUS countries for repair of U.S. Navy submarines,
- establishes a submarine security activities account to accept payments from Australia for non-nuclear related aspects of submarine security activities, and
- authorizes the President to transfer defense services to Australia to develop the Australian submarine industrial base for AUKUS activities.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Ami Bera D-CAOriginal
- Joe Courtney D-CTOriginal
- William Keating D-MA
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Mikie Sherrill D-NJ
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX
- Seth Moulton D-MA
- James Himes D-CT
- Seth Magaziner D-RI
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History
- Introduced in the House by Gregory Meeks.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.