Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy
Establishes a new framework for arms transfers that prioritizes U.S. strategic interests and allies.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Asserts that arms transfers are a tool of foreign policy and that the United States must expand domestic defense production and prioritize warfighter capability.
Directs the U.S. Government to pursue arms sales as foreign policy instruments, expand domestic production capacity, and prioritize U.S. military readiness.
Details strategic objectives including prioritizing domestic production, promoting allied contributions to defense industrial base, and establishing partner selection criteria based on alignment with U.S. interests.
Directs streamlining of defense sales through improved end-use monitoring, third-party transfer process review, advance notice to allies, and coordination of commercial direct sales assessments.
Establishes the Promoting American Military Sales Task Force and requires quarterly publication of performance metrics on U.S. defense sales and allied contributions.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.