Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Green (TN)
Introduced
Summary
Would exempt the United Kingdom from certain U.S. defense export licensing requirements when no bilateral agreement exists. It would also preserve an Australia defense-trade framework while listing high-risk items that remain excluded from treaty-based exemptions.
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- United Kingdom: U.S. companies would be able to export many defense items to the UK without a separate bilateral licensing agreement. That change is meant to strengthen U.S.-UK defense trade.
- U.S. exporters and manufacturers: The bill would reduce some licensing steps for UK-bound shipments. Exporters would still need licenses for items the law explicitly carves out.
- Security and treaty scope: The text specifies that very sensitive items stay outside treaty-based exemptions. Those include complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial systems capable of carrying at least a 500 kilogram payload to 300 kilometers, missile stages and guidance systems, certain toxicological and biological agents and related equipment, and nuclear design or testing articles.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Easier defense exports to UK
If enacted, this bill would let the United Kingdom be treated like Canada for some defense export exemptions. It would add the United Kingdom to a short list of countries. It would also let agencies grant an exemption for exports to the U.K. without first making a new bilateral agreement. No effective date or sunset is specified in the bill text provided.
Tighten Australia treaty export carve-outs
If enacted, this bill would limit which high-risk defense items can get a treaty-based exemption under the U.S.–Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty. It would keep regular U.S. export licensing for specific items. Those items include: complete rocket or unmanned aerial vehicle systems able to carry at least a 500 kilogram payload 300 kilometers; key rocket stages, motors, guidance and related production tech; MTCR Category II items for rockets; listed toxicological and biological agents in USML Category XIV subparts cited; defense articles and services tied to nuclear weapons design and testing in USML Category XVI parts; and any items Australia legally could not enforce under the treaty.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Green (TN)
TN • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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