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S. 4718 117th Congress Senate

Australia-United States Submarine Officer Pipeline Act

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a joint training pipeline between the United States Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 2, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Aug 2, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Aug 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 2, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Australia-United States Submarine Officer Pipeline Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to carry out an exchange program for Australian submarine officers. Under this program, two such officers shall be selected each year to receive training and, after completing such training, be assigned to duty on an operational U.S. submarine at sea.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
  • HR 8073 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a joint training pipeline between the United States Navy and the Royal …
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Ossoff, Jon
Georgia · Sep 20, 2022
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 15, 2022
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Aug 2, 2022
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Aug 2, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4718: Australia-United States Submarine Officer Pipeline Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4718/
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"S. 4718: Australia-United States Submarine Officer Pipeline Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4718/.
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S. 4718, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4718/.
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