House Bill Would Require Gov't to Report on Defense Export Tracking
A new House bill would require the government to publish more tracking information on deliveries of certain defense exports to Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act, introduced by Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Young Kim, R-Calif., would require the State and Defense departments to submit reports to Congress on approved defense exports to those regions, the “estimated” start and end dates of their delivery, any information about changes in delivery dates and more. The report would include information on defense exports worth at least $25 million.
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McCaul said the measure would help address “delayed deliveries” in approved arms sales to Taiwan and other trading partners in the Indo-Pacific. “The Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act ensures that defense equipment already purchased from the U.S. by Taiwan and other allies in the region are tracked and delivered as efficiently as possible as the Chinese Communist Party eyes further aggression,” Kim said.