; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (2) AUKUS partnership (A) In general The term AUKUS partnership means the enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced in September 2021. (B) Pillars The AUKUS partnership includes the following two pillars: (i) Pillar One is focused on developing a pathway for Australia to acquire conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines. (ii) Pillar Two is focused on enhancing trilateral collaboration on advanced defense capabilities, including hypersonic and counter hypersonic capabilities, quantum technologies, undersea technologies, and artificial intelligence. (3) International Traffic in Arms Regulations The term International Traffic in Arms Regulations means subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). A Outlining the AUKUS partnership 911. Statement of policy on the AUKUS partnership (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States that— (1) the AUKUS partnership is integral to United States national security, increasing United States and allied capability in the undersea domain of the Indo-Pacific, and developing cutting edge military capabilities; (2) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines to Australia will position the United States and its allies to maintain peace and security in the Indo-Pacific; (3) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines to Australia will be safely implemented with the highest nonproliferation standards in alignment with— (A) safeguards established by the International Atomic Energy Agency; and (B) the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Vienna September 23, 1997