,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #f1 #bjbe,mr4  
,green of ,tennessee introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,arms ,export     
,control ,act to provide to the ,united 
,kingdom an exemption for licensing of  
defense items for export in the absence 
of a relevant bilateral agreement4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,special ,relationship ,military    
,improvement ,act of #bjbe4  #b4        
,exemption ,section #ch of the ,arms    
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bggh7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7f77#c71 by inserting or the ,united    
,kingdom after ,canada2 and  7#b7 in    
subsection 7j77#a71 by striking         
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting after   
subparagraph 7,b7 the following new     
subparagraphs3  7,c7 ,exception for the 
,united ,kingdom ,the requirement to    
conclude a bilateral agreement in       

accordance with subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
not apply with respect to an exemption  
for the ,united ,kingdom from the       
licensing requirements of this chapter  
for the export of defense items4  7,d7  
,exception for defense cooperation      
treaties ,the requirement to conclude a 
bilateral agreement in accordance with  
subparagraph 7,a7 shall not apply with  
respect to an exemption from the        
licensing requirements of this chapter  
for the export of defense items to give 
effect to the ,treaty ,between the      
,government of the ,united ,states of   
,america and the ,government of         
,australia ,concerning ,defense ,trade  
,cooperation1 done at ,sydney ,september
 #e1 #bjjg 7and any implementing        
arrangement thereto71 except that the   
,united ,states shall exempt from the   
scope of such treaty--  7i7 complete    
rocket systems 7including ballistic     
missile systems1 space launch vehicles1 
and sounding rockets7 or complete       
unmanned aerial vehicle systems         

7including cruise missile systems1      
target drones1 and reconnaissance       
drones7 capable of delivering at least a
 #ejj kilogram payload to a range of    
#cjj kilometers1 and associated         
production facilities1 software1 or     
technology for these systems1 as defined
 in the ,missile ,technology ,control   
,regime ,annex ,category ,i1 ,item #a2  
7ii7 individual rocket stages1 re-entry 
vehicles and equipment1 solid or liquid 
propellant motors or engines1 guidance  
sets1 thrust vector control systems1 and
 associated production facilities1      
software1 and technology1 as defined in 
the ,missile ,technology ,control       
,regime ,annex ,category ,i1 ,item #b2  
7iii7 defense articles and defense      
services listed in the ,missile         
,technology ,control ,regime ,annex     
,category ,,ii that are for use in      
rocket systems1 as that term is used in 
such ,annex1 including associated       
production facilities1 software1 or     
technology2  7iv7 toxicological agents1 

biological agents1 and associated       
equipment1 as listed in the ,united     
,states ,munitions ,list 7part #aba4a of
 chapter ,i of title #bb1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations71 ,category ,,xiv1
 subcategories 7a71 7b71 7f77#a71 7i71  
7j7 as it pertains to 7f77#a71 7l7 as it
 pertains to 7f77#a71 and 7m7 as it     
pertains to all of the subcategories    
cited in this paragraph2  7v7 defense   
articles and defense services specific  
to the design and testing of nuclear    
weapons which are controlled under      
,united ,states ,munitions ,list        
,category ,,xvi7a7 and 7b71 along with  
associated defense articles in ,category
 ,,xvi7d7 and technology in ,category   
,,xvi7e72 and  7vi7 defense articles for
 which ,australian laws1 regulations1 or
 other commitments would prevent        
,australia from enforcing the control   
measures specified in such treaty4  4