This bill, the Allied Defense Sales Act, requires the Secretary of State to create and carry out a strategy to encourage other countries to join United States foreign military sales (FMS) and direct commercial sales on a multinational basis. The strategy must be implemented within 180 days of enactment and cover steps such as surveying interest among eligible countries, identifying potential lead purchase coordinators and incentives, and finding ways to speed up licensing and non‑program-of-record sales. The bill also requires reports to Congress every 180 days for three years, submitted in unclassified form with an optional classified annex. The text defines the AUKUS partnership and explains what is meant by a multinational procurement process.
The Secretary of State must make a plan and tell Congress how the Department will encourage and organize multinational purchases of U.S. defense articles and services. The plan must look at which countries might lead or join such purchases, consider how to include countries that cannot get foreign military financing loans, and identify legal and administrative steps needed under the Arms Export Control Act. The Department must report progress and any problems to Congress every 180 days for three years.
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The bill’s text says multinational procurement can improve military interoperability among partners and help strengthen the domestic defense industrial base. It also calls for promoting exportable defense articles and services and mentions supporting the AUKUS partnership as a specific goal.
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