H.R. 3068

Summary

H.R. 3068, the To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes, was introduced in the House on Apr 29, 2025 by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Jul 22, 2025: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 24.

Record

Text

H.R. 3068 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 3068 IH: To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-29
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3068  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 29, 2025   Mr. Huizenga  (for himself and  Mr. McCaul ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes.
1.
Modification of certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation
Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii)—
(A)
by striking subclauses (I), (II), and (III); and
(B)
redesignating subclauses (IV), (V), (VI), and (VII) as subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV), respectively; and
(2)
in subsection (l)(4)—
(A)
in subparagraph (B), by striking  subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii)  and inserting  any of subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii) ; and
(B)
in subparagraph (C)(ii), by adding at the end before the period the following:  and does not relate to the Missile Technology Control Regime .
2.
Statement of policy
(a)
In general
It shall no longer be the policy of the United States to apply a  presumption of denial  to exports of materials considered Category 1 or 2 of the Missile Technology Control Regime to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, major non-NATO allies, or the other countries of the  Five Eyes  intelligence alliance.
(b)
Five eyes intelligence alliance defined
In this section, the term   Five Eyes  intelligence alliance  means Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) sponsors H.R. 3068, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Bill Huizenga

Rep. · R–MI-4 · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 29, 2025

Michael McCaul

Rep. · R–TX-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 3068 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Markup By · Jul 22, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3068 has taken 4 actions since Apr 29, 2025, the latest on Jul 22, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3068 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3068 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes. — Display Title
• To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify certain provisions relating to AUKUS defense trade cooperation, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 134 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3068 in 23 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Aerospace, Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Trade (domestic/foreign), Foreign Relations, Science/Technology, Homeland Security.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 134.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3068 under International Affairs, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 10 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3068’s is International Affairs.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 3068 carries 10 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Alliances to United Kingdom.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3068, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUIZENGA:H.R. 3068.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause[Page H1728]

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