Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§10423 Expedited review of export licenses for exports of advanced technologies to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 111— - AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED STATES (AUKUS) SECURITY PARTNERSHIP › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - STREAMLINING AND PROTECTING TRANSFERS OF UNITED STATES MILITARY TECHNOLOGY FROM COMPROMISE › § 10423

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Defense, to start making rules within 180 days after December 22, 2023, to create a faster review process for export license applications. The faster process covers commercial, advanced-technology defense items and services not exempt under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. It applies to classified and unclassified items that will move entirely within or between the United States and Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom and involve those countries’ governments or companies. Government-to-government cases must be decided within 30 days. All other cases must be finished within 45 days.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §10423

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(a)Not later than 180 days after December 22, 2023, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rulemaking to establish an expedited decision-making process, classified or unclassified, for applications to export to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, advanced-technology defense articles and defense services that are not covered by an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

(b)To qualify for the expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a), an application shall be for an export of defense articles or defense services that will take place wholly within or between the physical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom and the United States and with governments or corporate entities from such countries.

(c)The expedited decision-making process described in subsection (a) shall be available for both classified and unclassified items, and the process must satisfy the following criteria to the extent practicable:

(1)Any licensing application to export defense articles and services that is related to a government to government agreement must be approved, returned, or denied within 30 days of submission.

(2)For all other licensing requests, any review shall be completed not later than 45 calendar days after the date of application.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 10423

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73