Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced S.3421 to the Senate on December 16, 2021, thereafter referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill, also known as the Stop Iranian Drones Act of 2021, seeks to clarify that section 107 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) applies sanctions to Iran with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
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