Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
UNLOCK AUKUS Act
Official title: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify a limitation relating to exports and transfers of defense articles and services under the AUKUS partnership, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Pete Ricketts R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
- Committee actionJun 17, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4709, Unlocking Next-Generation Licensing and Opportunities for Collaborative Know-how for AUKUS Act” on August 12, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 27, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62645
- CBO publication date
- August 12, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4709, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/4709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Michael Bennet (D-CO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), James Risch (R-ID), Rick Scott (R-FL), Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
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Related bills
- H.R. 9517 (119th) UNLOCK AUKUS ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.