22 U.S.C. § 10421
Priority for Australia and the United Kingdom in foreign military sales and direct commercial sales
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 10421, Priority for Australia and the United Kingdom in foreign military sales and direct commercial sales, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458956
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The President shall institute policies and procedures for letters of request from Australia and the United Kingdom to transfer defense articles and services under section 2761 of this title related to AUKUS to receive expedited consideration and processing relative to all other letters of request other than from Taiwan and Ukraine.
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall create an anticipatory release policy for the transfer of technologies described in paragraph (2) to Australia, 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.
The capabilities described in this paragraph are—
Review of a transfer under the policy established under paragraph (1) shall be subject to an expedited decision-making process.
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and update interagency policies and implementation guidance related to requests for Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales, including by incorporating the anticipatory release provisions of this section.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024