Allied Defense Sales Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8665 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8665

   To require the implementation of a strategy to encourage foreign
   partners to participate in the foreign military sales and direct
  commercial sales processes on a multinational basis, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2026

  Mr. Zinke (for himself and Mr. Bera) introduced the following bill;
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To require the implementation of a strategy to encourage foreign
   partners to participate in the foreign military sales and direct
  commercial sales processes on a multinational basis, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Allied Defense Sales Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGY AND REPORT ON MULTINATIONAL PROCUREMENT FROM THE
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall implement a
strategy to encourage foreign partners to participate in the foreign
military sales and direct commercial sales processes on a multinational
basis. Such strategy shall incorporate existing efforts by the
Department of State to--
            (1) survey interest in participating in such multinational
        procurement processes among potentially eligible countries;
            (2) identify countries and partners who may be eligible to
        serve as the lead purchase coordinator for a multinational
        procurement process, and potential incentives for their
        participation as lead coordinator;
            (3) review pathways for participation in foreign military
        sales or direct commercial sales processes for countries
        determined to be ineligible for foreign military financing
        loans;
            (4) identify challenges and solutions for the Department in
        carrying out such processes in accordance with the Arms Export
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), including applicable end-
        use monitoring, technical assistance agreements, and license
        filing requirements;
            (5) identify ways to provide for expedited license
        authorizations, sales other than for programs of record, and
        other potential efforts to increase speed and ease enhanced use
        of multinational procurement processes;
            (6) detailing the benefits of multinational procurement
        processes to the national security interest, including enhanced
        military interoperability and strengthening the domestic
        industrial base; and
            (7) identify opportunities to develop and promote
        exportable defense articles and services, including for
        purposes of supporting the AUKUS partnership.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 3 years, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the strategy required by subsection (a) and its
implementation. Such report shall also include--
            (1) an update on the development and implementation of the
        initial strategy during the period following the most recent
        prior submission of such report (if any);
            (2) a description of challenges faced in the implementation
        of the strategy;
            (3) a description of all efforts the Department has
        undertaken to overcome such challenges;
            (4) a list and description of any potential legislative
        changes necessary to fully implement a multinational
        procurement process for foreign military sales and direct
        commercial sales; and
            (5) a description of efforts to promote exportable defense
        articles and services specifically for use in multinational
        procurement processes, including those supporting the AUKUS
        partnership.
    (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted
in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means
        the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
        Senate;
            (2) the term ``AUKUS partnership'' means the enhanced
        trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United
        Kingdom, and the United States announced in September 2021; and
            (3) the term ``multinational procurement process'' refers
        to a process by which defense articles or services are sold by
        the United States to a lead foreign nation, with the intent
        that the articles or services so sold will subsequently be
        retransferred to a previously identified group of participating
        countries, or to countries identified by reference to a
        qualifying multilateral partnership agreement, such as a cross-
        servicing agreement described in section 2350 of title 10,
        United States Code.
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