Arms Sales Notification

The Senate received required advance notifications of proposed foreign arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act, which gives Congress 30 days to review each sale. Senator Risch placed the notifications in the record for senators’ information. No substantive debate on the merits of any sale took place.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

Official text (opens in a new tab)

1 statement

James E. Risch, ID

Republican

Linked statement

“The law says the government must tell Congress before it sells certain weapons to other countries. I am adding these notices to the official record so all senators can read them.”
  • Speech in the House

    Signal 44 of 100

    Much of this statement went to praise, blame, greetings, routine procedure or general stories rather than reasons, requests or specific points.

    See full analysis
Official Congressional Record

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:

Discussion

No comments yet

See the full discussion

Comment rules

More from issue 152

  1. Senate Legislative Session 5 statements
  2. Senate Directing the President, Pursuant to Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to Remove United States Armed Forces from Hostilities with Iran 23 statements
  3. Senate Arms Sales Notification 1 statement
  4. Senate Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions 6 statements
  5. Senate Resolutions Submitted Today 2 statements