Arms Sales Notification

Senator Risch placed in the record notifications of proposed arms sales, as required by section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, which gives Congress 30 calendar days to review certain sales before they may proceed. No debate followed; the statement was a procedural notice for senators’ information.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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James E. Risch, ID

Republican

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“The law requires the government to notify Congress about planned weapons sales to other countries. I am putting these notices into the official record so all senators can read them.”
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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 still available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the notifications that have been received. If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such an 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: Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section

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