§ 2577a. — Arms control verification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2577a]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 35--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--FUNCTIONS
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 101-216, title I, Sec. 105, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1854.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Amendments Act of 1989, and not as part of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act which comprises this chapter.
Transfer of Functions
``Agency'', referred to in subsec. (b), meaning the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, abolished and functions transferred
to Secretary of State, see sections 6511 and 6512 of this title.
