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Senate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers

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Senate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Virginia-class attack submarine Montana (SSN-794) undergoing initial sea trials with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries News Shipbuilding division near Norfolk, Va. (Photo: HII)

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One provision of the Senate’s FY ‘24 National Defense Authorization Act bill would require the Secretary of Defense designate a senior DoD civilian official to be responsible for overseeing department activities related to AUKUS activities within 90 days of the bill’s enactment. The AUKUS agreement aims to have the U.S and…

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