Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1989
PL 101-216 (H.R.1495), enacted 12/11/1989

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PUBLIC LAW 101-216—DEC. 11, 1989 
103 STAT. 1853 
Public Law 101-216 
101st Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for 
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the 
Amendments Act of 1989". 
'Arms Control and Disarmament 
Dec. 11, 1989 
[H.R. 1495] 
Arms Control 
and 
Disarmament 
Amendments 
Act of 1989. 
22 u s e 2251 
note. 
TITLE I-ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988. 
Section 49(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 49. (a) To carry out the purposes of this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated— 
"(A) $36,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $37,316,000 for 
the fiscal year 1991; and 
"(B) such additional amounts as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 1990 and 1991 for increases in salary, pay, retirement, 
other employee benefits authorized by law, and other non-
discretionary costs, and to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign 
currency exchange rates.". 
SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 
Section 23 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 
2563) is amended in the second sentence to read as follows: "The 
Deputy Director shall have direct responsibility, under the super-
vision of the Director, for the administrative management of the 
Agency, intelligence-related activities, security, and the Special 
Compartmental Intelligence Facility, and shall perform 
such 
other duties and exercise such other powers as the Director may 
prescribe.". 
SEC. 103. DUTIES OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 27 of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Act (22 U.S.C. 2567) is amended by striking out "who shall 
perform" and all that follows through the period and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: ", one of whom should serve as special 
representative for conventional arms control negotiations, and the 
other should serve as special representative and chief science ad-
visor to the Director. The two Special Representatives shall perform 
their duties and exercise their powers under the direction of the 
President and the Secretary of State, acting through the Director.". 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to individuals who are appointed as Special 
Representatives on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
22 u s e 2589. 
22 u s e 2567 
note. 
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Reports. 
22 u s e 2565 
note. 
International 
agreements. 
Union of Soviet 
Socialist 
Republics. 
22 u s e 2577a. 
Reports. 
SEC. 104. ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE RESOLU-
TION. 
The Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency should study, and report to the Congress on, the advisability 
of establishing in the Agency an arms control implementation and 
compliance resolution bureau, or other organizational unit, that 
would be responsible for— 
(1) managing the implementation of existing and future arms 
control agreements; 
(2) coordinating the activities of the Special Verification 
Commission and the Standing Consultative Commission; and 
(3) preparing comprehensive analyses and policy positions 
regarding the effective resolution of arms control compliance 
questions. 
SEC. 105. 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 verifica-
tion 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, tech-
nologies, 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 multilat-
eral arms treaties in the areas of nuclear, conventional, chemi-
cal, 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. 
SEC. 106. EXPENSES OF TRAVEL CONTINUING BEYOND THE END OF THE 
FISCAL YEAR. 
Section 48 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 
2588) is amended by inserting after "personal effects" the following: 
"(including any such travel or transportation any part of which 
begins in one fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in that 
fiscal year, but which is completed after the end of that fiscal year)". 
SEC. 107. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON PROSPECTS FOR CONVERSION 
OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIES. 
The Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Commerce, shall study, and (not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act) submit to the Congress a 
report, on concrete steps which could be taken to improve prospects 
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for conversion of portions of United States defense industries to 
nondefense-related activities as opportunities are presented through 
the achievement of successful arms control agreements. 
TITLE II—ON-SITE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 201. ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY. 
The Arms Control and Disarmament Act is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
"TITLE V—ON-SITE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 61. FINDINGS. 
22 USC 2595. 
"The Congress finds that— 
"(1) under this Act, the United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency is charged with the 'formulation and 
implementation of United States arms control and disar-
mament policy in a manner which will promote the national 
security'; 
"(2) as defined in this Act, the terms 'arms control' and 
'disarmament' mean 'the identification, verification, inspection, 
limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces 
and armaments of all kinds under international agreement to 
establish an effective system of international control'; 
"(3) 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; 
"(4) on-site inspection activities under the INF Treaty 
include— 
"(A) inspections in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and 
the German Democratic Republic, 
"(B) escort duties for Soviet teams visiting the United 
States and the Bgusing Countries, 
"(C) establishment and operation of the Portal Monitor-
ing Facility in the Soviet Union, and 
"(D) support for the Soviet inspectors at the Portal Mon-
itoring Facility in Utah; 
"(5) the personnel of the On-Site Inspection Agency include 
civilian technical experts, civilian support personnel, and mem-
bers of the Armed Forces; and 
"(6) the senior officials of the On-Site Inspection Agency 
include representatives from the United States Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency and the Department of State. 
"SEC. 62. POLICY COORDINATION CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF ON- 
22 USC 2595a. 
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 THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of De-
fense should provide to OSIA appropriate policy guidance formu-
lated through the interagency mechanism described in subsection 
(a) and operational direction, consistent with section 113(b) of title 
10, United States Code. 
"(c) ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Director should provide to the 
interagency mechanism described in subsection (a) appropriate rec-
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ommendations for policy guidance to OSIA consistent with sections 
2(d), 22, and 34(c) of this Act. 
22 u s e 2595b. 
"SEC. 63. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ON-SITE INSPEC-
TION AGENCY. 
"There are authorized to be appropriated $49,830,000 for fiscal 
year 1990 and $48,831,000 for fiscal year 1991 for the expenses of the 
On-Site Inspection Agency in carrying out on-site inspection activi-
ties pursuant to the INF Treaty. 
22 u s e 2595c. 
"SEC. 64. DEFINITIONS. 
"As used in this title— 
"(1) the term 'INF Treaty' means 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); and 
"(2) the term 'OSIA' means the On-Site Inspection Agency 
established by the President, or such other Eigency as may be 
designated by the President to carry out the on-site inspection 
provisions of the INF Treaty.". 
Approved December 11, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE mSTORY—H.R. 1495 (S. 1868): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-72, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Foreign Affairs) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-195, accompanying S. 1868 (Comm. on Foreign 
Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Sept. 19, considered and rejected in House. 
Oct. 12, considered and pa^ed House. 
Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 25 (1989): 
Dec. 11, Presidential statement.