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22 U.S.C. § 10431 — Expedited review of export licenses for exports of advanced technologies to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada
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**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after December 22, 2023, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rulemaking to establish an expedited decision-making process, classified or unclassified, for applications to export to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, advanced-technology defense articles and defense services that are not covered by an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
**(b) Eligibility** To qualify for the expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a), an application shall be for an export of defense articles or defense services that will take place wholly within or between the physical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom and the United States and with governments or corporate entities from such countries.
**(c) Availability of expedited process** The expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a) shall be available for both classified and unclassified items, and the process must satisfy the following criteria to the extent practicable:
(1) Any licensing application to export defense articles and services that is related to a government to government agreement must be approved, returned, or denied within 30 days of submission.
(2) For all other licensing requests, any review shall be completed not later than 45 calendar days after the date of application.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after December 22, 2023, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rulemaking to establish an expedited decision-making process, classified or unclassified, for applications to export to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, advanced-technology defense articles and defense services that are not covered by an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
**(b) Eligibility** To qualify for the expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a), an application shall be for an export of defense articles or defense services that will take place wholly within or between the physical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom and the United States and with governments or corporate entities from such countries.
**(c) Availability of expedited process** The expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a) shall be available for both classified and unclassified items, and the process must satisfy the following criteria to the extent practicable:
(1) Any licensing application to export defense articles and services that is related to a government to government agreement must be approved, returned, or denied within 30 days of submission.
(2) For all other licensing requests, any review shall be completed not later than 45 calendar days after the date of application.
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**(a) Acceptance authority** The President may accept from the Government of Australia contributions of money made by the Government of Australia for use by the Department of Defense in support of non-nuclear related aspects of submarine security activities between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (in this section referred to as the “AUKUS partnership”).
**(b) Establishment of Submarine Security Activities Account**
(1) **In general** — There is established in the Treasury of the United States a special account to be known as the ‘Submarine Security Activities Account’.
(2) **Credit to account** — Contributions of money accepted by the President under subsection (a) shall be credited to the Submarine Security Activities Account.
(3) **Availability** — Amounts credited to the Submarine Security Activities Account shall remain available until expended.
**(c) Use of funds**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), the President may use funds in the Submarine Security Activities Account—
(A) for any purpose authorized by law that the President determines would support the AUKUS submarine security activities;
(B) to carry out a military construction project that is consistent with the purposes for which the contributions were made and is authorized by law;
(C) to develop and increase the submarine industrial base workforce by investing in recruiting, training, and retaining key specialized labor at public and private shipyards; or
(D) to upgrade facilities, equipment, and infrastructure needed to repair and maintain submarines at public and private shipyards.
(2) **No further specific authorization in law required** — Funds in the Submarine Security Activities Account may be used as described in this sub
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 10422
the United Kingdom to transfer defense articles
and services under section 2761 of this title re-
lated to AUKUS to receive expedited consider-
ation and processing relative to all other letters
of request other than from Taiwan and Ukraine.
(b) Technology transfer policy for Australia, Can-
ada, and the United Kingdom
(1) In general
The Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, shall create an an-
ticipatory release policy for the transfer of
technologies described in paragraph (2) to Aus-
tralia, the United Kingdom, and Canada
through Foreign Military Sales and Direct
Commercial Sales that are not covered by an
exemption under the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations.
(2) Capabilities described
The capabilities described in this paragraph
are—
(A) Pillar One-related technologies associ-
ated with submarine and associated combat
systems; and
(B) Pillar Two-related technologies, in-
cluding hypersonic missiles, cyber capabili-
ties, artificial intelligence, quantum tech-
nologies, undersea capabilities, and other
advanced technologies.
(3) Expedited decision-making
Review of a transfer under the policy estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall be subject to
an expedited decision-making process.
(c) Interagency policy and guidance
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense shall jointly review and update inter-
agency policies and implementation guidance
related to requests for Foreign Military Sales
and Direct Commercial Sales, including by in-
corporating the anticipatory release provisions
of this section.
(Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIII, § 1341, Dec. 22,
2023, 137 Stat. 509.)
§ 10422. Identification and pre-clearance of plat-
forms, techn
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