[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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