[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 36 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S834]
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                        ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam 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. 22-0C. 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 20-35 of September 
     30, 2020.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Jedidiah P. Royal
                                  (For James A. Hursch, Director).
       Enclosures.


                         Transmittal No. 22-0C

     Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology 
         or Capability (Sec. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
       (i) Purchaser: Government of Switzerland.
       (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-35.
       Date: September 30, 2020.
       Implementing Agency: Air Force, Navy.
       (iii) Description: On September 30, 2020, Congress was 
     notified by Congressional certification transmittal number 
     20-35 of the possible sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act, of up to forty (40) F-35 Joint 
     Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) 
     aircraft; forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines; forty 
     (40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles; 
     fifty (50) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training 
     Missiles (CATMs); six (6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special 
     Air Training Missiles (NATMS); four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X 
     Block II Tactical Guidance Units; ten (10) Sidewinder AIM-9X 
     Block II CATM Guidance Units; eighteen (18) KMU-572 JDAM 
     Guidance Kits for GBU-54; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB, 
     General Purpose; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert; twelve (12) 
     GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR); 
     and eight (8) GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV). Also 
     included are Electronic Warfare Systems; Command, Control, 
     Communications, Computer and Intelligence/Communications, 
     Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic 
     Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics 
     Information System (ALIS); Full Mission Trainer; Weapons 
     Employment Capability and other Subsystems, Features, and 
     Capabilities; F-35 unique infrared flares; reprogramming 
     center access; F-35 Performance Based Logistics; software 
     development/integration; flight test instrumentation; 
     aircraft ferry and tanker support; Detector Laser DSU-38A/B, 
     Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B, FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-2)/
     B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB 
     II Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge, 25 mm PGU-23/
     U; weapons containers; aircraft and munitions support and 
     test equipment; communications equipment; spares and repair 
     parts; repair and return support; personnel training and 
     training equipment; publications and technical documents; 
     U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and 
     logistics support services; and other related elements of 
     logistical and program support. The total estimated cost was 
     $6.58 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted 
     $4.08 billion of this total.
       On December 4, 2020, Congress was notified by Congressional 
     certification transmittal number 0B-21 of a clarification of 
     eighteen (18) FMU-139D/B Fuzes as MDE items. This transmittal 
     further reported a clarification of the description for AIM-
     9X Guidance Units from ``four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II 
     Tactical Guidance Units'' to ``four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X 
     Block II+ (plus) Tactical Guidance Units.'' The total MDE 
     remained $4.08 billion. The total case value remained $6.58 
     billion.
       This transmittal reports an extension of operation and 
     sustainment costs for Switzerland's F-35 (non-MDE articles 
     and services). There is no additional MDE being reported with 
     this notification; as such, the total MDE value remains $4.08 
     billion. The total cost of the new non-MDE articles and 
     services is $1.95 billion. The total case value will increase 
     to $8.53 billion.
       (iv) Significance: This notification is provided due to the 
     increased costs associated with the request for a longer 
     period of Operations and Sustainment costs, as modified by 
     the Swiss government from their original request.
       (v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the 
     foreign policy and national security of the United States by 
     helping to improve the security of a friendly European nation 
     that continues to be an important force for political 
     stability and economic progress in Europe.
       (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sensitivity of 
     Technology Statement contained in the original notification 
     applies to articles and services here.
       (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: February 18, 2022.

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