
Three House representatives on Friday introduced a bill that seeks to allow the U.S. government to transfer up to two Virginia-class attack submarines to Australia as part of the trilateral AUKUS agreement. The bill, titled the AUKUS Undersea Defense Act, primarily authorizes the president to transfer two submarines, their nuclear reactors and the fuel to Australia, with costs to be borne by Australia. This is aimed at the primary part of the AUKUS agreement among the U.S., U.K. and Australia,…