(1) advise the Secretary on interagency discus-
sions and international negotiations, including dis-
cussions involving the United Nations, the Secretary 
of State, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the 
Secretary of Defense, regarding the increase or re-
duction and elimination of weapons of mass destruc-
tion throughout the world, including the dismantling 
of such weapons and the safe and secure storage of 
materials related thereto and efforts to limit or cease 
development, testing, manufacture or possession of 
nuclear weapons or threats to use them or to allow 
any nuclear arms to be stationed in the territory of 
any nation; 
(2) assist countries, international agencies, and 
nongovernmental organizations in assessing the loca-
tions of the buildup of nuclear arms and other weap-
ons of mass destruction; 
(3) develop nonviolent strategies to prevent and 
deter testing or use of offensive or defensive nuclear 
weapons, weaponized drones, assault weapons, and 
other weapons of mass destruction, whether based 
on land, underground, air, sea, or in space; 
(4) serve as a depository for copies of all con-
tracts, agreements, and treaties that address the re-
duction and elimination of nuclear weapons and 
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other weapons of mass destruction, and the protec-
tion of space from militarization; 
(5) provide technical support and legal assist-
ance for the implementation of such contracts, 
agreements, and treaties; 
(6) disseminate applicable policies and research 
in consultation with the Department of State and 
the Department of Commerce; and 
(7) address and support nuclear waste cleanup 
at nuclear test sites, nuclear research facilities and 
laboratories, Superfund Sites of former and present 
military bases in the United States and abroad and 
at lands, in waters, and in the air adjacent to old 
and new nuclear reactors and nuclear-contaminated 
sites. 
SEC. 109. OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING INFORMATION AND 
RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, the 
head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for 
Peacebuilding Information and Research. The Assistant 
Secretary for Peacebuilding Information and Research 
shall carry out those functions in the Department affect-
ing research and analysis relating to creating, initiating, 
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and modeling approaches to peaceful coexistence and non-
violent conflict resolution. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Peacebuilding Information and Research shall— 
(1) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of war, mass shootings, police violence and 
other types of violence, especially on the physical 
and mental condition of children (using the 10-point 
anti-war agenda in the United Nations Children’s 
Fund report, State of the World’s Children 1996, as 
a guide) that shall include the study of the effect of 
war on the environment and public health; 
(2) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of war and other types of violence on soldiers, 
veterans and civilians; 
(3) commission or compile studies on the effect 
of war and other types of violence on the environ-
ment, public health, the economy, and national secu-
rity; 
(4) commission or compile studies on the im-
pact of violence, racism and inequality on such con-
ditions of peace as health care, employment, edu-
cation, economic equity, food security, voting rights, 
housing, justice, and rule of law; 
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(5) compile information on effective community 
peacebuilding activities and disseminate such infor-
mation to local governments and nongovernmental 
organizations in the United States and abroad; 
(6) commission or compile research on the ef-
fect of violence in the media, including the use of 
untruths, misinformation and false information and 
make such reports available to Congress annually; 
(7) commission or compile research on the num-
ber and circumstances of deaths caused by law en-
forcement using guns or other weapons, devices or 
methods, the number and circumstances of deaths to 
law enforcement officials caused by guns or other 
weapons, devices or methods, the effects of gun vio-
lence in the United States, and make such reports 
available to Congress annually; 
(8) commission or compile research on the ef-
fect of teaching nonviolent conflict resolution skills 
and practices and social emotional education in 
schools and disseminate such information to edu-
cational institutions, Congress and the public annu-
ally; 
(9) commission or compile any other such re-
search that will foster understanding of the root 
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causes of violence, the root conditions of peace, and 
policies and practices to promote a culture of peace; 
(10) publish a monthly journal of the activities 
of the Department and encourage scholarly partici-
pation; 
(11) sponsor conferences throughout the United 
States to create awareness of the work of the De-
partment; 
(12) make available to the public reports, stud-
ies, and compiled research described in this Act; and 
(13) where applicable, work to carry out the re-
sponsibilities under this subsection in consultation 
with the United States Institute of Peace and other 
governmental and nongovernmental organizations, 
including— 
(A) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(B) the Department of Justice; and 
(C) the Department of State. 
SEC. 110. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC 
RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, the 
head of which shall be the Assistant Secretary for Human 
Rights and Economic Rights. The Assistant Secretary for 
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