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H.R. 8665119th Congress
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The bill directs the State Department to develop a strategy letting allied countries jointly buy U.S. military equipment.
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The Allied Defense Sales Act directs the Secretary of State to create a strategy encouraging groups of allied countries to jointly purchase American military equipment, with one lead country coordinating the buy for partner nations. It also requires studying which countries could participate or lead, identifying legal or licensing obstacles, and supporting the AUKUS partnership by easing exports of certain defense products.
This affects U.S. defense contractors, allied foreign governments, and the State Department's arms sales bureaucracy.
The change could speed up and coordinate U.S. arms sales while affecting foreign policy, defense industry jobs, and military relationships with allies; it does not directly affect everyday Americans.
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Right now: it passed the House and now goes to the Senate. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.