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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. RISCH. 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.
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.
U.S. Department of State,
Washington DC.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION TRANSMITTAL SHEET
Please find enclosed the following notification from the
Department of State.
Department Notification Number: RSAT case 26-11558.
Pursuant to section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act,
please find enclosed a certification of a proposed transfer
of major defense equipment with an original acquisition value
of approximately $ 255,900,000.
The transaction described in the attached certification
involves the permanent transfer of (12) M270 Multiple Launch
Rocket System (MLRS) launchers, (2,524) M26 unguided Dual-
Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) rockets, and
(47,000) M509AI 203mm DPICM howitzer rounds to the Government
of Ukraine via Turkish private entities MKE AS, ASFAT AS, and
ARCA Savunma San. Tic. AS; Bulgarian private entity VTIC
International Ltd.; and U.S. private entities Pansophico and
Patriot Defense Group. This transfer is consistent with U.S.
security assistance objectives.
The United States government is prepared to authorize this
transfer, having taken into account political, military,
economic, human rights, and arms control considerations.
Detailed information is contained in the attached
certification.
Receiving Committees:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
We hope you find this information useful. Please do not
hesitate to contact us with questions.
Sincerely,
Christopher Bergaust,
Senior Bureau Official,
Bureau of Legislative Affairs.
Enclosure.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE TRANSMITTAL NO. RSAT 26-11496
Notice of Proposed Permanent Transfer of Major Defense
Equipment *
(1) Name of the Countries or International Organization
Proposing to Make Such Transfer: Government of Turkiye
(“Turkiye”).
(2) Description of Article of Service Proposed to be
Permanently Transferred:
(12) M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers.
(2,524) M26 unguided Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional
Munitions (DPICM) rockets.
(47,000) M509AI 203mm DPICM howitzer rounds.
(3) Name of the Proposed Recipient of Such Article:
The Government of Ukraine, via Turkish private entities MKE
AS, ASFAT AS, and ARCA Savunma San. Tic. AS; Bulgarian
private entity VTIC International Ltd.; and U.S. private
entities Pansophico and Patriot Defense Group.
(4) The Reasons for the Proposed Transfer:
Turkiye seeks to reduce its inventory of older defense
articles to focus its financial resources on modernization
and sustainment of existing systems.
Ukraine seeks to acquire these systems to bolster its
offensive and defense fire support capabilities as it resists
the Russian invasion. Ukraine already possesses munitions of
the same or essentially similar type.
(5) Date Transfer is Proposed to be Made: Immediately after
the congressional notification period is complete.
(6) Date Notification was Delivered to Congress: August 3,
* Major Defense Equipment is as defined in
section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended