22 U.S.C. § 2578 — Negotiating records

Page 1030 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2577a control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agree- ments.’’ 1994—Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘Verification of compliance’’ for ‘‘Verification of Arms Control Agree- ments’’ as section catchline and amended text gen- erally. Prior to amendment, text consisted of subsecs. (a) to (c) requiring the Director to report to Congress relating to verification of arms control proposals and agreements. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Af- fairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effec- tive Date note under section 6511 of this title. § 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 agree- ments 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 re- sources to develop and maintain a comprehen- sive information and data base on verification concepts, research, technologies, and systems. The Agency shall collect, maintain, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to arms con- trol verification and monitoring, including in- formation regarding— (A) all current United States bilateral and multilateral arms treaties; and (B) proposed, prospective, and potential bi- lateral 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 informa- tion on the activities pursuant to this section in its annual report to the Congress. (Pub. L. 101–216, title I, § 105, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1854.) Editorial Notes 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 com- prises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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. § 2578. Negotiating records (a) Preparation of records The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain records for each arms control, non- proliferation, 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 pa- pers, draft texts of the agreement, diplomatic notes, notes verbal, and other internal and ex- ternal correspondence. (b) Negotiating and implementation records In particular, the Secretary of State shall es- tablish and maintain a negotiating and imple- mentation 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. (Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 307, formerly § 38, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 713(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 496; renumbered § 307 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(12), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–770, 2681–772.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2578, Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 38, as added Pub. L. 100–213, § 3(b), Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1445; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324, related to reports on activities of Stand- ing Consultative Commission, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 704(2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492. AMENDMENTS 1998—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(A), substituted ‘‘Secretary of State’’ for ‘‘Director’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: ‘‘In order to implement effectively this section, the Di- rector shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effec- tive Date note under section 6511 of this title. § 2579. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 308, formerly § 39, as added Pub. L. 100–213, § 4, Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1445;