[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 174 (Monday, October 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6888-S6889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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                        ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control 
Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain 
proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, 
the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be 
reviewed. The provision stipulates that, in the Senate, the 
notification of proposed sales shall be sent to the chairman of the 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  In keeping with the committee's intention to see that relevant 
information is available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to 
have printed in the Record the notifications which have been received. 
If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such annex is 
available to all Senators in the office of the Foreign Relations 
Committee, room SD-423.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                                  Defense Security


                                           Cooperation Agency,

                                                    Arlington, VA.
     Hon. Robert Menendez,
     Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations,
     U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to the reporting requirements 
     of Section 36(b)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 
     as amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. 21-0C. This 
     notification relates to enhancements or upgrades from the 
     level of sensitivity of technology or capability described in 
     the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 19-37 of May 3, 2019.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Heidi H. Grant,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosures.


                         Transmittal No. 21-0C

     Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology 
         or Capability (Sec. 36(b)(5)(C), AECA)
       (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of the United Arab 
     Emirates.
       (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 19-37; Date: May 
     3, 2019; Implementing Agency: Army; Funding Source: National 
     Funds.
       (iii) Description: On May 3, 2019, Congress was notified by 
     Congressional certification transmittal number 19-37 of the 
     possible sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, of up to four hundred fifty-two (452) Patriot 
     Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missiles Segment Enhanced 
     (MSE). Also included are tools and test equipment, support 
     equipment, publications and technical documentation, 
     personnel training and training equipment, spare and repair 
     parts, facility design, U.S. Government and contractor 
     technical, engineering, and logistics support services, and 
     other related elements of logistics, sustainment and program 
     support. The estimated cost was $2.728 billion. Major Defense 
     Equipment (MDE) constituted $2.7 billion of this total.
       This transmittal reports the inclusion of an additional 
     five hundred ten (510) Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) 
     Missiles Segment Enhanced (MSE) (includes 10 fly-to-buy 
     missiles). The following non-MDE items will also be included: 
     tools and test equipment, support equipment, publications and 
     technical documentation, personnel training and training 
     equipment, spare and repair parts, facility design, U.S. 
     Government and contractor technical, engineering, and 
     logistics support services, and other related elements of 
     logistics, sustainment and program support. The total cost of 
     the new MDE articles is $2.728 billion. The total notified 
     cost of MDE will increase to $5.428 billion, and the total 
     notified case value will increase to $5.90 billion.
       (iv) Significance: The proposed articles and services will 
     support the United Arab Emirates' ability to maintain a 
     reserve stock of PAC-3 MSE missiles to ensure adequate 
     capability to defend their homeland from regional threats. 
     The proposed sale will also improve the UAE's Air Force and 
     Air Defense's (AFAD's) ability to defend population centers, 
     friendly forces, infrastructure, and other critical assets in 
     support of combined contingency operations, and to promote 
     regional security.
       (v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the 
     foreign policy and national security of the United States by 
     helping to improve the security of an important regional 
     partner. The UAE has been, and continues to be, a vital U.S. 
     partner for political stability and economic progress in the 
     Middle East.
       (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sensitivity of 
     Technology Statement contained in the original notification 
     applies to items reported here.

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       (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 28, 
     2021.

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