An Act to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes.
PL 95-108 (H.R.6179), enacted 08/17/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-108—AUG. 17, 1977 
91 STAT. 871 
Public Law 95-108 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress 
assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Dis-
armament Act Amendments of 1977". 
Aug. 17, 1977 
[H.R. 6179] 
Arms Control and 
Disarmament Act 
Amendments of 
1977. 
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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE 
SEC. 2. (a) Title I I of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
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Appointment and 
confirmation. 
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SPECIAL 
REPRESENTATIVE 
"SEC. 27. The President may appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, a Special Representative for Arms Control 
and Disarmament Negotiations who shall perform such duties and 
exercise such powers (under the direction of the President and the 
Secretary of State, acting through the Director) as the Director 
may prescribe with respect to international arms control and disarma-
ment negotiations and matters relating thereto.". 
(b) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph 
(49): 
"(50) Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarma-
ment Negotiations, United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency.". 
RESEARCH 
SEC. 3. Section 31 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is 
amended by striking out "United States" in clause (2) of the second 
sentence. 
VERIFICATION OF ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 4. Title I I I of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
" V E R I F I C A T I O N O F A R M S CONTROL AGREEMENTS 
"SEC. 37. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that adequate verifica- 
22 USC 2577. 
tion of compliance should be an indispensable part of any international 
arms control agreement. In recognition of such policy and in order to 
assure that arms control proposals made or accepted by the United 
States can bei adequately verified, the Director shall report to the 
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Report to 
Congress. 
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Congress, on a timely basis, or upon a request by an appropriate com-
mittee of the Congress— 
"(1) in the case of each element of any significant arms control 
proposal made to a foreign country by the United States, or 
made to the United States by a foreign country, the determination 
of the Director as to the degi-ee to which such element can be 
verified by existing national technical means; 
"(2) in the case of any arms control agreement or treaty that 
has entered into force, any significant degradation or alteration 
in the capacity of the United States to verify the various com-
ponents of such agreement or treaty; 
"(3) the number of professional personnel assigned to arms 
control verification on a full-time basis by each Government 
agency; and 
"(4) the amount and percentage of research funds expended 
by the Agency for the purpose of analyzing issues relating to 
arms control verification. 
"(b) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
the Director shall assume that all measures of concealment not 
expressly prohibited could be employed and that standard practices 
could be altered so as to impede verification. 
"(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section 
shall be construed as requiring the disclosure of sensitive information 
relating to intelligence sources or methods or persons employed in the 
verification of compliance with arms control agreements.". 
Personnel. 
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et seq. 
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Review. 
GENERAL 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 41(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) appoint officers and employees, including attorneys, for the 
Agency in accordance with the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, and fix their 
compensation in accordance with chapter 51 and with subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that during the 2-year period beginning 
on the date of enactment of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act 
Amendments of 1977, the Director may, to the extent he deems neces-
sary to the discharge of his responsibilities, appoint and fix the com-
pensation of officers and emplovees for the Agency without regard to 
such provisions, subject to the following requirements: 
"(1) an officer or employee whose compensation is fixed under 
the foregoing exception may not be paid a salary at a rate in 
excess of the rate payable under such chapter 51 and such sub-
chapter III for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility 
except for (A) those officers and employees whose compensation 
is fixed by law, and (B) scientific and technical personnel who 
may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate in effect for 
grade GS-18 of the General Schedule; 
"(2) the Director shall make adequate provision for adminis-
trative review of any determination to suspend or dismiss any 
officer or employee appointed under the foregoing exception; and 
"(3) an officer or employee of the Agency serving under a 
career or career conditional appointment on the date of enactment 
of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments of 1977 
may not be involuntarily deprived, while employed by the Agency, 
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of any rights normally granted such officer or employee in the 
competitive service;", 
(b) Section 41 of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (g) and (h) as paragraphs 
(h) and (i), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting immediately after paragraph (f) the follow-
ing new paragraph: 
"(g) permit, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, 
any officer or employee of the Agency, in connection with the attend-
ance by such officer or employee at meetings or in performing 
advisory services concerned with the functions or activities of the 
Agency, to accept payment, in cash or in kind, from any private 
agency or organization, or from any individual affiliated with such 
agency or organization, for travel and subsistence expenses, such pay-
ment to be retained by such officer or employee to cover the cost 
thereof or to be deposited to the credit of the appropriation from 
which the cost thereof is paid;". 
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Advisory 
services, 
expenses, 
reimbursement. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 6. Section 49(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act 22 USC 2589. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) To carry out the purposes of this Act, there are authorized 
to be appropriated— 
"(1) for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, the sum of $23,440,000 (and 
such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in 
salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits authorized by 
law, and other nondiscretionary costs); and 
"(2) for fiscal year 1978, the sum of $16,600,000 (and such 
additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, 
pay, retirement, other employee benefits authorized by law, and 
other nondiscretionary costs) ; 
to remain available until expended. Of the sum authorized to be International 
appropriated by this section for the fiscal year 1978, $2,000,000 shall be Atomic Energy 
available only for the purpose of furthering the nuclear safeguards Agency, 
programs and activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency.". 
Approved August 17, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS No. 95-219 (Comm. on International Relations) and No. 95-563 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-193 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
May 3, considered and passed House. 
June 16, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Aug. 4, Senate and House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 13, No. 34: 
Aug. 18, Presidential statement.