#aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #hffe  ,,an ,,act  ,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 basis1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,allied  
,defense ,sales ,act4  #b4 ,strategy and
 report on multinational procurement    
from the ,united ,states  7a7 ,strategy 
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 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 basis4     
,such strategy shall incorporate        
existing efforts by the ,department of  
,state to--  7#a7 survey interest in    
participating in such multinational     
procurement processes among potentially 
eligible countries2  7#b7 identify      

countries and partners who may be       
eligible to serve as the lead purchase  
coordinator for a multinational         
procurement process1 and potential      
incentives for their participation as   
lead coordinator2  7#c7 review pathways 
for participation in foreign military   
sales or direct commercial sales        
processes for countries determined to be
 ineligible for foreign military        
financing loans2  7#d7 identify         
challenges and solutions for the        
,department in carrying out such        
processes in accordance with the ,arms  
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bgea et seq471 including applicable    
end-use monitoring1 technical assistance
 agreements1 and license filing         
requirements2  7#e7 identify ways to    
provide for expedited license           
authorizations1 sales other than for    
programs of record1 and other potential 
efforts to increase speed and ease      
enhanced use of multinational           
procurement processes2  7#f7 detailing  

the benefits of multinational           
procurement processes to the national   
security interest1 including enhanced   
military interoperability and           
strengthening the domestic industrial   
base2 and  7#g7 identify opportunities  
to develop and promote exportable       
defense articles and services1 including
 for purposes of supporting the ,,aukus 
partnership4  7b7 ,report ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 and every #ahj  
days thereafter for #c years1 the       
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the strategy required by      
subsection 7a7 and its implementation4  
,such report shall also include--  7#a7 
an update on the development and        
implementation of the initial strategy  
during the period following the most    
recent prior submission of such report  
7if any72  7#b7 a description of        
challenges faced in the implementation  
of the strategy2  7#c7 a description of 

all efforts the ,department has         
undertaken to overcome such challenges2 
7#d7 a list and description of any      
potential legislative changes necessary 
to fully implement a multinational      
procurement process for foreign military
 sales and direct commercial sales2 and 
7#e7 a description of efforts to promote
 exportable defense articles and        
services specifically for use in        
multinational procurement processes1    
including those supporting the ,,aukus  
partnership4  7c7 ,form ,the report     
required by subsection 7b7 shall be     
submitted in unclassified form and may  
include a classified annex4  7d7        
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means the ,committee on      
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2     
7#b7 the term ,,aukus partnership means 
the enhanced trilateral security        
partnership between ,australia1 the     

,united ,kingdom1 and the ,united       
,states announced in ,september #bjba2  
and  7#c7 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 nation1 with the intent    
that the articles or services so sold   
will subsequently be retransferred to a 
previously identified group of          
participating countries1 or to countries
 identified by reference to a qualifying
 multilateral partnership agreement1    
such as a cross-servicing agreement     
described in section #bcej of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code4  ,passed the    
,house of ,representatives ,june #h1    
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