Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

This executive order establishes an America First Arms Transfer Strategy to use foreign arms sales to expand U.S. defense industrial capacity. It directs the Secretaries of War, State, and Commerce to submit a sales catalog of prioritized platforms, identify Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales opportunities, and provide advocacy recommendations within 120 days; develop an industry engagement plan and a Third-Party Transfer reform plan within 60 days; develop Enhanced End Use Monitoring criteria within 90 days; establish a Promoting American Military Sales Task Force within 30 days; and begin publishing quarterly performance metrics on FMS cases and export license adjudication within 120 days. It also amends EO 13637 (Administration of Reformed Export Controls) to reallocate congressional notification functions between the Secretaries of War and State.

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