[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 207 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 207

Marking the 60th anniversary of the Polaris Sales Agreement between the 
  United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
                                Ireland.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2023

    Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. King) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Marking the 60th anniversary of the Polaris Sales Agreement between the 
  United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
                                Ireland.

Whereas, on December 21, 1962, President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of 
        the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan met in Nassau, Bahamas, and issued a 
        joint statement (commonly referred to as the ``Statement on Nuclear 
        Defense Systems''), agreeing that the United States would make Polaris 
        missiles available on a continuing basis to the United Kingdom for use 
        in submarines;
Whereas, on April 6, 1963, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Her Majesty's 
        Ambassador to the United States David Ormsby-Gore signed the Polaris 
        Sales Agreement, reaffirming the Statement on Nuclear Defense Systems 
        and agreeing that the United States Government shall provide and the 
        Government of the United Kingdom shall purchase from the United States 
        Government Polaris missiles, equipment, and supporting services;
Whereas the HMS Resolution launched the first Polaris missile of the United 
        Kingdom on February 15, 1968, and, in 1969, commenced the first 
        strategic deterrent patrol for the United Kingdom, initiating a 
        continuous at-sea deterrent posture for the United Kingdom that remains 
        in effect;
Whereas the Polaris Sales Agreement was amended to include the Trident II (D5) 
        strategic weapon system on October 19, 1982, in Washington, DC, through 
        an exchange of notes between Secretary of State Jonathan Howe and Her 
        Majesty's Ambassador to the United States Oliver Wright; and
Whereas through an exchange of letters in 2008 between Secretary of Defense the 
        Honorable Robert Gates and Secretary of State for Defence of the United 
        Kingdom the Right Honorable Desmond Browne and under the auspices of the 
        Polaris Sales Agreement, the United States Government and the Government 
        of the United Kingdom agreed to continue cooperation to design a common 
        missile compartment for the follow-on ballistic missile submarines of 
        each nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) marks the 60th anniversary of the Polaris Sales 
        Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great 
        Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United 
        States of America, done at Washington April 6, 1963;
            (2) congratulates the Royal Navy for steadfastly 
        maintaining a Continuous At-Sea Deterrent;
            (3) recognizes the important contribution of the Continuous 
        At-Sea Deterrent to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
            (4) reaffirms that the United Kingdom is a valued and 
        special ally of the United States; and
            (5) looks forward to continuing and strengthening the 
        shared commitment of the United States and the United Kingdom 
        to sustain submarine-based strategic deterrents well into the 
        future.
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