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Presidential Determination

Military Sales of Depleted Uranium Ammunition

President Clinton issued a determination under Section 527 of the 1994 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act to allow U.S. funds to facilitate foreign military sales of depleted uranium anti-tank ammunition (M-833 to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia; M-829 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) based on national security interests. The Secretaries of State and Defense were directed to transmit the determination to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.

Federal Register 59 FR 38549
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Impact dates

  1. Determination effective

  2. Transmit to Congress and arrange Federal Register publication

Market exposure

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Sectors

Defense primes

Mechanisms

Procurement

Role pressure

  • ProtectiveDomestic producer — Determination facilitates specific foreign military sales of U.S.-manufactured depleted uranium ammunition, protecting/lifting statutory funding restrictions that would otherwise block these transactions

Geographies

USOTHER

Illustrative public companies

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BABoeingGDGeneral DynamicsLMTLockheed MartinNOCNorthrop GrummanRTXRTX

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Key directives

  • Determine that sale of M-833 depleted uranium anti-tank ammunition to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia is in U.S. national security interest
  • Determine that sale of M-829 depleted uranium anti-tank ammunition to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is in U.S. national security interest
  • Authorize use of funds from 1994 Act or any other Act to facilitate these sales
  • Direct Secretaries of State and Defense to transmit determination to Congress
  • Direct Secretaries to arrange for Federal Register publication

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Determination takes effect upon signing
  • Secretaries directed to transmit to Congress and arrange Federal Register publication

Near term (90d)

  • Congressional notification process

Long term

  • Ongoing foreign military sales of depleted uranium ammunition to specified Gulf states

Risks & tensions

  • Depleted uranium weapons raise environmental and health concerns that may generate international criticism
  • Section 527 restriction waived via national security determination, reflecting tension between nonproliferation/export control goals and Gulf security partnerships
  • Congressional notification required but no explicit veto/disapproval mechanism stated in text
Presidential Determination: Military Sales of Depleted Uranium Ammunition · Executive Orders