§ 2652c. — Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2652c]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2652c. Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and
Compliance
(a) Designation of position
The Secretary of State shall designate one of the Assistant
Secretaries of State authorized by section 2651a(c)(1) of this title as
the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance. The
Assistant Secretary shall report to the Under Secretary of State for
Arms Control and International Security.
(b) Directive governing the Assistant Secretary of State
(1) In general
Not later than 30 days after November 29, 1999, the Secretary of
State shall issue a directive governing the position of the
Assistant Secretary.
(2) Elements of the directive
The directive issued under paragraph (1) shall set forth,
consistent with this section--
(A) the duties of the Assistant Secretary;
(B) the relationships between the Assistant Secretary and
other officials of the Department of State;
(C) any delegation of authority from the Secretary of State
to the Assistant Secretary; and
(D) such matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Duties
(1) In general
The Assistant Secretary shall have as his principal
responsibility the overall supervision (including oversight of
policy and resources) within the Department of State of all matters
relating to verification and compliance with international arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or
commitments.
(2) Participation of the Assistant Secretary
(A) Primary role
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the
Assistant Secretary, or his designee, shall participate in all
interagency groups or organizations within the executive branch
of Government that assess, analyze, or review United States
planned or ongoing policies, programs, or actions that have a
direct bearing on verification or compliance matters, including
interagency intelligence committees concerned with the
development or exploitation of measurement or signals
intelligence or other national technical means of verification.
(B) Requirement for designation
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to groups or organizations
on which the Secretary of State or the Undersecretary of State
for Arms Control and International Security sits, unless such
official designates the Assistant Secretary to attend in his
stead.
(C) National security limitation
(i) Waiver by President
The President may waive the provisions of subparagraph
(A) if inclusion of the Assistant Secretary would not be in
the national security interests of the United States.
(ii) Waiver by others
With respect to an interagency group or organization, or
meeting thereof, working with exceptionally sensitive
information contained in compartments under the control of
the Director of Central Intelligence, the Secretary of
Defense, or the Secretary of Energy, such Director or
Secretary, as the case may be, may waive the provision of
subparagraph (A) if inclusion of the Assistant Secretary
would not be in the national security interests of the
United States.
(iii) Transmission of waiver to Congress
Any waiver of participation under clause (i) or (ii)
shall be transmitted in writing to the appropriate
committees of Congress.
(3) Relationship to the intelligence community
The Assistant Secretary shall be the principal policy community
representative to the intelligence community on verification and
compliance matters.
(4) Reporting responsibilities
The Assistant Secretary shall have responsibility within the
Department of State for--
(A) all reports required pursuant to section 2577 of this
title;
(B) so much of the report required under paragraphs (4)
through (6) of section 2593a(a) of this title as relates to
verification or compliance matters; and
(C) other reports being prepared by the Department of State
as of November 29, 1999, relating to arms control,
nonproliferation, or disarmament verification or compliance
matters.
(Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, Sec. 1112],
Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-486.)
Definitions
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI,
Sec. 1102], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-485, provided that:
``In this title [see Short Title of 1999 Amendment note set out under
section 2551 of this title]:
``(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term `appropriate
committees of Congress' means the Committee on International
Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
``(2) Assistant secretary.--The term `Assistant Secretary' means
the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and
Compliance designated under section 1112 [22 U.S.C. 2652c].
``(3) Executive agency.--The term `Executive agency' has the
meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States
Code.
``(4) Intelligence community.--The term `intelligence community'
has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
``(5) START treaty or treaty.--The term `START Treaty' or
`Treaty' means the Treaty With the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms, including all agreed statements, annexes, protocols, and
memoranda, signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991.
``(6) START ii treaty.--The term `START II Treaty' means the
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian
Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic
Offensive Arms, and related protocols and memorandum of
understanding, signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993.''
