and United Kingdom private-sector personnel The transfer or export of defense services under this subsection may be directly exported to private-sector personnel of Australia or to private-sector personnel of the United Kingdom to support the development of the Australian submarine industrial base necessary for submarine security activities between members of the AUKUS partnership, including in the case in which such private-sector personnel are not officers, employees, or agents of the Government of Australia or the Government of the United Kingdom in accordance with the requirements of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. ). (h) Report (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 15 years, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report describing the status of— (A) the transfer of vessels authorized under subsection (a)