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,

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(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22 USC 2595b - Repealed.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).