TITLE 22 - US CODE - CHAPTER 35 - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT

TITLE 22 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

22 USC 2551 - Congressional statement of purpose

An ultimate goal of the United States is a world which is free from the scourge of war and the dangers and burdens of armaments; in which the use of force has been subordinated to the rule of law; and in which international adjustments to a changing world are achieved peacefully. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide impetus toward this goal by addressing the problem of reduction and control of armaments looking toward ultimate world disarmament. The Secretary of State must have the capacity to provide the essential scientific, economic, political, military, psychological, and technological information upon which realistic arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy must be based. The Secretary shall have the authority, under the direction of the President, to carry out the following primary functions:
(1) The preparation for and management of United States participation in international negotiations and implementation fora in the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament field.
(2) The conduct, support, and coordination of research for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy formulation.
(3) The preparation for, operation of, or direction of, United States participation in such control systems as may become part of United States arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities.
(4) The dissemination and coordination of public information concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament.

22 USC 2552 - Definitions

As used in this chapter
(a) The terms arms control and disarmament mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.
(b) The term Government agency means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.

TITLE 22 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER II - SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES AND VISITING SCHOLARS

2561 to 2566. Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section 2561, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 21, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632, related to establishment of United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Section 2562, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 22, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 305(17)(A), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 424; Pub. L. 94–141, title I, § 145, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 96–66, § 1(a), Sept. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 98–202, § 2, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1381; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 705, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492, related to appointment and duties of Director. Section 2563, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 23, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 305(17)(B), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 424; Pub. L. 96–66, § 1(b), Sept. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 101–216, title I, § 102, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1853, related to appointment and powers and duties of Deputy Director. Section 2564, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 24, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 88–426, title III, § 305(17)(C), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 424, related to number, appointment, and powers and duties of Assistant Directors. Section 2565, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 25, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 706, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492, related to establishment of bureaus, offices, and divisions within Agency. Section 2566, Pub. L. 87–297, title II, § 26, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 707, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 493, related to appointment, function, and term of Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee.

22 USC 2567 - Presidential Special Representatives

The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Special Representatives of the President for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters. Each Presidential Special Representative shall hold the rank of ambassador. Presidential Special Representatives appointed under this section shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State. The Department of State shall be the Government agency responsible for providing administrative support, including funding, staff, and office space, to all Presidential Special Representatives.

22 USC 2568 - Program for visiting scholars

A program for visiting scholars in the fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament shall be established by the Secretary of State in order to obtain the services of scholars from the faculties of recognized institutions of higher learning. The purpose of the program will be to give specialists in the physical sciences and other disciplines relevant to the Department of States activities an opportunity for active participation in the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities of the Department of State and to gain for the Department of State the perspective and expertise such persons can offer. Each fellow in the program shall be appointed for a term of one year, except that such term may be extended for a 1-year period.

TITLE 22 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER III - FUNCTIONS

22 USC 2571 - Research, development and other studies

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to exercise his powers in this subchapter in such manner as to ensure the acquisition of a fund of theoretical and practical knowledge concerning disarmament and nonproliferation. To this end, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed, under the direction of the President,
(1)  to ensure the conduct of research, development, and other studies in the fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;
(2)  to make arrangements (including contracts, agreements, and grants) for the conduct of research, development, and other studies in the fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament by private or public institutions or persons; and
(3)  to coordinate the research, development, and other studies conducted in the fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament by or for other Government agencies. In carrying out his responsibilities under this chapter, the Secretary of State shall, to the maximum extent feasible, make full use of available facilities, Government and private. The authority of the Secretary under this chapter with respect to research, development, and other studies concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament shall be limited to participation in the following:
(a) Control, reduction and elimination of armed forces and armaments 
the detection, identification, inspection, monitoring, limitation, reduction, control, and elimination of armed forces and armaments, including thermonuclear, nuclear, missile, conventional, bacteriological, chemical, and radiological weapons:
(b) Weapon detection and identification tests 
the techniques and systems of detecting, identifying, inspecting, and monitoring of tests of nuclear, thermonuclear, and other weapons;
(c) Analysis of national budgets and economic indicators 
the analysis of national budgets, levels of industrial production, and economic indicators to determine the amounts spent by various countries for armaments[1] and of all aspects of anti-satellite activities;
(d) Space, earth’s surface and underwater regions 
the control, reduction, and elimination of armed forces and armaments in space, in areas on and beneath the earths surface, and in underwater regions;
(e) Structure and operation of international control 
the structure and operation of international control and other organizations useful for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;
(f) Training of control system personnel 
the training of scientists, technicians, and other personnel for manning the control systems which may be created by international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements;
(g) Danger of war from accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack 
the reduction and elimination of the danger of war resulting from accident, miscalculation, or possible surprise attack, including (but not limited to) improvements in the methods of communications between nations;
(h) Economic and political consequences of disarmament 
the economic and political consequences of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, including the problems of readjustment arising in industry and the reallocation of national resources;
(i) Disarmament implications of foreign and national security policies of United States 
the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament implications of foreign and national security policies of the United States with a view to a better understanding of the significance of such policies for the achievement of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;
(j) National security and foreign policy implications of disarmament 
the national security and foreign policy implications of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament proposals with a view to a better understanding of the effect of such proposals upon national security and foreign policy;
(k) Methods for maintenance of peace and security during stages of disarmament 
methods for the maintenance of peace and security during different stages of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;
(l) War prevention factors 
the scientific, economic, political, legal, social, psychological, military, and technological factors related to the prevention of war with a view to a better understanding of how the basic structure of a lasting peace may be established; and
(m) Other related problems 
such related problems as the Secretary of State may determine to be in need of research, development, or study in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[1] So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

22 USC 2572 - Patents; availability to general public; protection of background rights

All research within the United States contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, shall be provided for in such manner that all information as to uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from such research developed by Government expenditure will (with such exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Secretary of State may find to be necessary in the public interest) be available to the general public. This section shall not be so construed as to deprive the owner of any background patent relating thereto of such rights as he may have thereunder.

22 USC 2573 - Policy formulation

(a) Formulation 
The Secretary of State shall prepare for the President, and the heads of such other Government agencies as the President may determine, recommendations and advice concerning United States arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy.
(b) Prohibition 
No action shall be taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act that would obligate the United States to reduce or limit the Armed Forces or armaments of the United States in a militarily significant manner, except pursuant to the treaty-making power of the President set forth in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution or unless authorized by the enactment of further affirmative legislation by the Congress of the United States.
(c) Statutory construction 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any policy or action by any Government agency which would interfere with, restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.

22 USC 2574 - Negotiation management

(a) Responsibilities 
The Secretary of State, under the direction of the President, shall have primary responsibility for the preparation, conduct, and management of United States participation in all international negotiations and implementation fora in the field of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament. In furtherance of these responsibilities, Special Representatives of the President appointed pursuant to section 2567 of this title, shall, as directed by the President, serve as United States Government representatives to international organizations, conferences, and activities relating to the field of nonproliferation, such as the preparations for and conduct of the review relating to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
(b) Authority 
The Secretary of State is authorized
(1) to formulate plans and make preparations for the establishment, operation, and funding of inspections and control systems which may become part of the United States arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities; and
(2) as authorized by law, to put into effect, direct, or otherwise assume United States responsibility for such systems.

22 USC 2575 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 35, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 719(d), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 501, related to coordination of Government agencies and resolution of policy differences.

22 USC 2576 - Arms control information

In order to assist the Secretary of State in the performance of his duties with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy and negotiations, any Government agency preparing any legislative or budgetary proposal for
(1) any program of research, development, testing, engineering, construction, deployment, or modernization with respect to nuclear armaments, nuclear implements of war, military facilities or military vehicles designed or intended primarily for the delivery of nuclear weapons,
(2) any program of research, development, testing, engineering, construction, deployment, or modernization with respect to armaments, ammunition, implements of war, or military facilities, having
(A) an estimated total program cost in excess of $250,000,000, or
(B) an estimated annual program cost in excess of $50,000,000, or
(3) any other program involving technology with potential military application or weapons systems which such Government agency or the Secretary of State believes may have a significant impact on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy or negotiations,

shall, on a continuing basis, provide the Secretary of State with full and timely access to detailed information with respect to the nature, scope, and purpose of such proposal.

22 USC 2577 - Verification of compliance

(a) In general 
In order to ensure that arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements can be verified, the Secretary of State shall report to Congress, on a timely basis, or upon request by an appropriate committee of the Congress
(1) in the case of any arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement that has been concluded by the United States, the determination of the Secretary of State as to the degree to which the components of such agreement can be verified;
(2) in the case of any arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement that has entered into force, any significant degradation or alteration in the capacity of the United States to verify compliance of the components of such agreement;
(3) the amount and percentage of research funds expended by the Department of State for the purpose of analyzing issues relating to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament verification; and
(4) the number of professional personnel assigned to arms control verification on a full-time basis by each Government agency.
(b) Assessments upon request 
Upon the request of the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, in case of an arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament proposal presented to a foreign country by the United States or presented to the United States by a foreign country, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on the degree to which elements of the proposal are capable of being verified.
(c) Standard for verification of compliance 
In making determinations under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of State shall assume that all measures of concealment not expressly prohibited could be employed and that standard practices could be altered so as to impede verification.
(d) Rule of construction 
Except as otherwise provided for by law, nothing in this section may be construed as requiring the disclosure of sensitive information relating to intelligence sources or methods or persons employed in the verification of compliance with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.

22 USC 2577a - Arms control verification

(a) Establishment of working group 
The President should establish a working group
(1) to examine verification approaches to a strategic arms reduction agreement and other arms control agreements; and
(2) to assess the relevance for such agreements of the verification provisions of the Treaty Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (signed at Washington, December 8, 1987).
(b) Information and data base 

(1) The Agency shall allocate sufficient resources to develop and maintain a comprehensive information and data base on verification concepts, research, technologies, and systems. The Agency shall collect, maintain, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to arms control verification and monitoring, including information regarding
(A) all current United States bilateral and multilateral arms treaties; and
(B) proposed, prospective, and potential bilateral or multilateral arms treaties in the areas of nuclear, conventional, chemical, and space weapons.
(2) The Agency shall seek to improve United States verification and monitoring activities through the monitoring and support of relevant research and analysis.
(3) The Agency shall provide detailed information on the activities pursuant to this section in its annual report to the Congress.

22 USC 2578 - Negotiating records

(a) Preparation of records 
The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain records for each arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreement to which the United States is a party and which was under negotiation or in force on or after January 1, 1990, which shall include classified and unclassified materials such as instructions and guidance, position papers, reporting cables and memoranda of conversation, working papers, draft texts of the agreement, diplomatic notes, notes verbal, and other internal and external correspondence.
(b) Negotiating and implementation records 
In particular, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a negotiating and implementation record for each such agreement, which shall be comprehensive and detailed, and shall document all communications between the parties with respect to such agreement. Such records shall be maintained both in hard copy and magnetic media.

22 USC 2579 - Omitted

TITLE 22 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER IV - ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

22 USC 2581 - General authority of Secretary of State

In addition to any authorities otherwise available, the Secretary of State in the performance of functions under this chapter is authorized to
(a) Utilization of other Federal agencies; transfers of supplies, equipment, and surplus property 
utilize or employ the services, personnel, equipment, or facilities of any other Government agency, with the consent of the agency concerned, to perform such functions on behalf of the Department of State as may appear desirable. Any Government agency is authorized, not withstanding any other provision of law, to transfer to or to receive from the Secretary of State, without reimbursement, supplies and equipment other than administrative supplies or equipment. Transfer or receipt of excess property shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended;[1]
(b) Employment of personnel 
appoint and fix the compensation of employees possessing specialized technical expertise without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, if the Secretary of State ensures that
(1) any employee who is appointed under this subsection is not paid at a rate
(A) in excess of the rate payable for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility, or
(B) exceeding the maximum rate payable for grade 15 of the General Schedule; and
(2) the number of employees appointed under this subsection shall not exceed 10 percent of the Department of States full-time-equivalent positions allocated to carry out the purpose of this chapter.[2]
(c) Detail of other agency personnel without prejudice to status or advancement 
enter into agreements with other Government agencies, including the military departments through the Secretary of Defense, under which officers or employees of such agencies may be detailed to the Department of State for the performance of service pursuant to this chapter without prejudice to the status or advancement of such officers or employees within their own agencies;
(d) Experts and consultants; stenographic reporting services; compensation and travel expenses; limitation on period of employment; renewal of employment contracts 
procure services of experts and consultants or organizations thereof, including stenographic reporting services, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5 and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, including transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their homes or regular places of business, as authorized by section 5703 of such title: Provided, That no such individual shall be employed for more than 130 days in any fiscal year unless the President certifies that employment of such individual in excess of such number of days is necessary in the national interest: And provided further, That such contracts may be renewed annually;
(e) Employment of outstanding personnel 
employ individuals of outstanding ability without compensation in accordance with the provisions of section 2160(b) of the Appendix to title 50 and regulations issued thereunder;
(f) Establishment of scientific and policy advisory board; compensation and expenses 
establish a scientific and policy advisory board to advise with and make recommendations to the Secretary of State on United States arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy and activities. A majority of the board shall be composed of individuals who have a demonstrated knowledge and technical expertise with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters and who have distinguished themselves in any of the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, or engineering, including weapons engineering. The members of the board may receive the compensation and reimbursement for expenses specified for consultants by subsection (d) of this section;
(g) Oaths and sworn statements 
administer oaths and take sworn statements in the course of an investigation made pursuant to the Secretary of States responsibilities under this chapter;
(h) Delegation of functions 
delegate, as appropriate, to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security or other officers of the Department of State, any authority conferred upon the Secretary of State by the provisions of this chapter; and
(i) Rules and regulations 
make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to the exercise of any authority conferred upon the Secretary of State by the provisions of this chapter.
[1] See References in Text note below.
[2] So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.

2582, 2583. Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section 2582, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 42, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 636; Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2204(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159, related to appointment or employment of Foreign Service personnel. Section 2583, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 43, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 636, related to exemption from provisions of law relating to contracts or expenditures of Government funds.

22 USC 2584 - Dual compensation exemption

Members of advisory boards and consultants may serve as such without regard to any Federal law limiting the reemployment of retired officers or employees or governing the simultaneous receipt of compensation and retired pay or annuities, subject to section 55321 of title 5. This section shall apply only to individuals carrying out activities related to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament.
[1] See Codification note below.

2585 to 2588. Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section 2585, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 45, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 637; Pub. L. 88–186, § 2, Nov. 26, 1963, 77 Stat. 341; Pub. L. 94–141, title I, § 147, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 759; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783; Pub. L. 97–339, § 3, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1635; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 716, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 498, related to national security requirements. Section 2586, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 46, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 638, related to Comptroller General audit of contracts. Section 2587, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 47, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 638, related to transfer of activities and facilities to Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Section 2588, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 48, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2204(b), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159; Pub. L. 99–550, § 2(c), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3070; Pub. L. 101–216, title I, § 106, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1854, related to use of funds by Director.

2589, 2590. Repealed. Pub. L. 103236, title VII, 717(a)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 498

Section 2589, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 49, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 88–186, §§ 1, 4, Nov. 26, 1963, 77 Stat. 341, 342; Pub. L. 89–27, May 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 118; Pub. L. 90–314, May 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 129; Pub. L. 91–246, May 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 207; Pub. L. 92–352, title III, § 301, July 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 93–332, § 1(b), July 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 289; Pub. L. 94–141, title I, §§ 141, 148, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 757, 760; Pub. L. 95–108, § 6, Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 873; Pub. L. 95–338, §§ 2, 3, Aug. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 458, 459; Pub. L. 96–66, § 2(a), Sept. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 97–339, § 2(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1635; Pub. L. 98–202, § 1, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1381; Pub. L. 99–93, title VII, §§ 701, 702, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 444; Pub. L. 100–213, § 2, Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1444; Pub. L. 101–216, title I, § 101, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1853; Pub. L. 102–228, title IV, § 401(a), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1698; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 106(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 391, authorized appropriations to carry out purposes of this chapter. Section 2590, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 50, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 94–141, title I, § 149, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 760, required submission of reports to Congress on Agency activities.

22 USC 2591 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 49, formerly 51, as added Pub. L. 98–202, § 4, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1382; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(b), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324; renumbered 49 and amended Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, §§ 717(a)(2), 719 (g), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 498, 502, related to specialists fluent in Russian or other languages of the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

22 USC 2592 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103236, title VII, 704(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 52, as added Pub. L. 99–93, title VII, § 703, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 444; amended Pub. L. 100–213, § 5, Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1446; Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(c), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324, related to reports on adherence to and compliance with arms control agreements.

2592a, 2592b. Repealed. Pub. L. 103199, title IV, 403(a)(1), (b)(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2325

Section 2592a, Pub. L. 99–145, title X, § 1002, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 705; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title IX, 905(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2032, related to submission by President of annual report to Congress on Soviet compliance with arms control commitments. Section 2592b, Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title IX, 906, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2033, related to submission by President of annual report to Congress on arms control strategy of the United States.

22 USC 2593 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 50, formerly 53, as added Pub. L. 100–213, § 6(a), Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1446; renumbered 50 Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 717(a)(2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 498, related to Inspector General of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

22 USC 2593a - Annual report to Congress

(a) In general 
Not later than April 15 of each year, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report prepared by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the status of United States policy and actions with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament. Such report shall include
(1) a detailed statement concerning the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament objectives of the executive branch of Government for the forthcoming year;
(2) a detailed assessment of the status of any ongoing arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament negotiations, including a comprehensive description of negotiations or other activities during the preceding year and an appraisal of the status and prospects for the forthcoming year;
(3) a detailed assessment of adherence of the United States to obligations undertaken in arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements, including information on the policies and organization of each relevant agency or department of the United States to ensure adherence to such obligations, a description of national security programs with a direct bearing on questions of adherence to such obligations and of steps being taken to ensure adherence, and a compilation of any substantive questions raised during the preceding year and any corrective action taken;
(4) a detailed assessment of the adherence of other nations to obligations undertaken in all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments, including the Missile Technology Control Regime, to which the United States is a participating state, including information on actions taken by each nation with regard to the size, structure, and disposition of its military forces in order to comply with arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreements or commitments, and shall include, in the case of each agreement or commitment about which compliance questions exist
(A) a description of each significant issue raised and efforts made and contemplated with the other participating state to seek resolution of the difficulty;
(B) an assessment of damage, if any, to the United States security and other interests; and
(C) recommendations as to any steps that should be considered to redress any damage to United States national security and to reduce compliance problems;
(5) a discussion of any material noncompliance by foreign governments with their binding commitments to the United States with respect to the prevention of the spread of nuclear explosive devices (as defined in section 6305 (4) of this title) by non-nuclear-weapon states (as defined in section 6305 (5) of this title) or the acquisition by such states of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in section 6305 (8) of this title), including
(A) a net assessment of the aggregate military significance of all such violations;
(B) a statement of the compliance policy of the United States with respect to violations of those commitments; and
(C) what actions, if any, the President has taken or proposes to take to bring any nation committing such a violation into compliance with those commitments; and
(6) a specific identification, to the maximum extent practicable in unclassified form, of each and every question that exists with respect to compliance by other countries with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements with the United States.
(b) Classification of report 
The report required by this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, with classified annexes, as appropriate. The portions of this report described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of this section shall summarize in detail, at least in classified annexes, the information, analysis, and conclusions relevant to possible noncompliance by other nations that are provided by United States intelligence agencies.
(c) Reporting consecutive noncompliance 
If the President in consecutive reports submitted to the Congress under this section reports that any designated nation is not in full compliance with its binding nonproliferation commitments to the United States, then the President shall include in the second such report an assessment of what actions are necessary to compensate for such violations.
(d) Additional requirement 
Each report required by this section shall include a discussion of each significant issue described in subsection (a)(6) of this section that was contained in a previous report issued under this section during 1995, or after December 31, 1995, until the question or concern has been resolved and such resolution has been reported in detail to the appropriate committees of Congress (as defined in section 1102(1) of the Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Security Assistance Act of 1999).

22 USC 2593b - Public annual report on world military expenditures and arms transfers

Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary of State shall publish an unclassified report on world military expenditures and arms transfers. Such report shall provide detailed, comprehensive, and statistical information regarding military expenditures, arms transfers, armed forces, and related economic data for each country of the world. In addition, such report shall include pertinent in-depth analyses as well as highlights with respect to arms transfers and proliferation trends and initiatives affecting such developments.

2593c, 2593d. Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section 2953c, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 53, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 718(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 500, related to requirement for authorization of appropriations. Section 2593d, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 54, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 718(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 500, related to transfers and reprogrammings of funds.

TITLE 22 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER V - ON-SITE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

22 USC 2595 - Findings

The Congress finds that
(1) under this chapter, the Department of State is charged with the formulation and implementation of United States arms control and disarmament policy in a manner which will promote the national security;
(2) the On-Site Inspection Agency was established in 1988 pursuant to the INF Treaty to implement, on behalf of the United States, the inspection provisions of the INF Treaty;
(3) on-site inspection activities under the INF Treaty include
(A) inspections in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, and Germany,
(B) escort duties for teams visiting the United States and the Basing Countries,
(C) establishment and operation of the Portal Monitoring Facility in Russia, and
(D) support for the inspectors at the Portal Monitoring Facility in Utah;
(4) the On-Site Inspection Agency has additional responsibilities to those specified in paragraph (3), including the monitoring of nuclear tests pursuant to the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and the monitoring of the inspection provisions of such additional arms control agreements as the President may direct;
(5) the personnel of the On-Site Inspection Agency include civilian technical experts, civilian support personnel, and members of the Armed Forces; and
(6) the senior officials of the On-Site Inspection Agency include representatives from the Department of State.

22 USC 2595a - Policy coordination concerning implementation of on-site inspection provisions

(a) Interagency coordination 
OSIA should receive policy guidance which is formulated through an interagency mechanism established by the President.
(b) Role of Secretary of Defense 
The Secretary of Defense should provide to OSIA appropriate policy guidance formulated through the interagency mechanism described in subsection (a) of this section and operational direction, consistent with section 113 (b) of title 10.
(c) Role of Secretary of State 
The Secretary of State should provide to the interagency mechanism described in subsection (a) of this section appropriate recommendations for policy guidance to OSIA consistent with sections 2551 (3) and 2574 (b) of this title.

22 USC 2595b - Repealed. Pub. L. 105277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681768

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title V, § 63, as added Pub. L. 101–216, title II, § 201, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1856, authorized appropriations for On-Site Inspection Agency for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

22 USC 2595b1 - Review of certain reprogramming notifications

Any notification submitted to the Congress with respect to a proposed transfer, reprogramming, or reallocation of funds from or within the budget of OSIA shall also be submitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and shall be subject to review by those committees.

22 USC 2595c - Definitions

As used in this subchapter
(1) the term INF Treaty means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (signed at Washington, December 8, 1987);
(2) the term OSIA means the On-Site Inspection Agency established by the President, or such other agency as may be designated by the President to carry out the on-site inspection provisions of the INF Treaty;
(3) the term Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (signed at Washington and Moscow, May 28, 1976); and
(4) the term Threshold Test Ban Treaty means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapons Tests (signed at Moscow, July 3, 1974).