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[CITE: 22USC2571]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                CHAPTER 35--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 2571. Research, development and other studies

    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to exercise his 
powers in this subchapter in such manner as to ensure the acquisition of 
a fund of theoretical and practical knowledge concerning disarmament and 
nonproliferation. To this end, the Secretary of State is authorized and 
directed, under the direction of the President, (1) to ensure the 
conduct of research, development, and other studies in the fields of 
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament; (2) to make 
arrangements (including contracts, agreements, and grants) for the 
conduct of research, development, and other studies in the fields of 
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament by private or public 
institutions or persons; and (3) to coordinate the research, 
development, and other studies conducted in the fields of arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament by or for other Government agencies. 
In carrying out his responsibilities under this chapter, the Secretary 
of State shall, to the maximum extent feasible, make full use of 
available facilities, Government and private. The authority of the 
Secretary under this chapter with respect to research, development, and 
other studies concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament 
shall be limited to participation in the following:

(a) Control, reduction and elimination of armed forces and armaments

    the detection, identification, inspection, monitoring, limitation, 
reduction, control, and elimination of armed forces and armaments, 
including thermonuclear, nuclear, missile, conventional, 
bacteriological, chemical, and radiological weapons:

(b) Weapon detection and identification tests

    the techniques and systems of detecting, identifying, inspecting, 
and monitoring of tests of nuclear, thermonuclear, and other weapons;

(c) Analysis of national budgets and economic indicators

    the analysis of national budgets, levels of industrial production, 
and economic indicators to determine the amounts spent by various 
countries for armaments \1\ and of all aspects of anti-satellite 
activities;
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(d) Space, earth's surface and underwater regions

    the control, reduction, and elimination of armed forces and 
armaments in space, in areas on and beneath the earth's surface, and in 
underwater regions;

(e) Structure and operation of international control

    the structure and operation of international control and other 
organizations useful for arms control, nonproliferation, and 
disarmament;

(f) Training of control system personnel

    the training of scientists, technicians, and other personnel for 
manning the control systems which may be created by international arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements;

(g) Danger of war from accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack

    the reduction and elimination of the danger of war resulting from 
accident, miscalculation, or possible surprise attack, including (but 
not limited to) improvements in the methods of communications between 
nations;

(h) Economic and political consequences of disarmament

    the economic and political consequences of arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament, including the problems of 
readjustment arising in industry and the reallocation of national 
resources;

(i) Disarmament implications of foreign and national security policies 
        of United States

    the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament implications of 
foreign and national security policies of the United States with a view 
to a better understanding of the significance of such policies for the 
achievement of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;

(j) National security and foreign policy implications of disarmament

    the national security and foreign policy implications of arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament proposals with a view to a 
better understanding of the effect of such proposals upon national 
security and foreign policy;

(k) Methods for maintenance of peace and security during stages of 
        disarmament

    methods for the maintenance of peace and security during different 
stages of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament;

(l) War prevention factors

    the scientific, economic, political, legal, social, psychological, 
military, and technological factors related to the prevention of war 
with a view to a better understanding of how the basic structure of a 
lasting peace may be established; and

(m) Other related problems

    such related problems as the Secretary of State may determine to be 
in need of research, development, or study in order to carry out the 
provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 87-297, title III, Sec. 301, formerly Sec. 31, Sept. 26, 1961, 
75 Stat. 633; Pub. L. 88-186, Sec. 5, Nov. 26, 1963, 77 Stat. 342; Pub. 
L. 95-108, Sec. 3, Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 871; Pub. L. 97-339, Sec. 4, 
Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1636; Pub. L. 103-236, title VII, Sec. 719(c), 
Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 501; renumbered Sec. 301 and amended Pub. L. 
105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, Sec. 1223(6), (21), Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-769, 2681-772.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1223(6)(A)-(E), in introductory 
provisions, inserted ``this subchapter in'' after ``powers in'', 
substituted ``Secretary of State'' for ``Director'' wherever appearing 
and ``ensure'' for ``insure'' in two places, struck out ``in accordance 
with procedures established under section 2575 of this title'' after 
``other Government agencies'', and substituted ``The authority of the 
Secretary under this chapter with respect to research, development, and 
other studies concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament 
shall be limited to participation in the following:'' for ``The 
authority of the Director with respect to research, development, and 
other studies shall be limited to participation in the following insofar 
as they relate to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament:''.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1223(6)(F), inserted ``and'' at 
end.
    Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1223(6)(B), substituted 
``Secretary of State'' for ``Director''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-236, in introductory provisions, substituted 
``fields of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament'' for 
``field of arms control and disarmament'' in three places, in first 
sentence, inserted ``and nonproliferation'' after ``disarmament'', and 
in fourth sentence, inserted ``, nonproliferation,'' after ``arms 
control'' wherever appearing.
    1982--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-339 inserted ``and of all aspects of 
antisatellite activities''.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-108 struck out ``United States'' before ``private'' 
in cl. (2) of opening par.
    1963--Pub. L. 88-186 inserted ``United States'' before ``private'' 
in cl. (2) of opening par.


                    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 Effective Date note under section 
6511 of this title.


          Report on International Transfer of Conventional Arms

    Pub. L. 92-352, title III, Sec. 302, July 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 495, 
directed Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, with cooperation of other 
agencies, to prepare a comprehensive report on international transfer of 
conventional arms and submit this report no later than one year after 
July 13, 1972, with an interim report submitted no later than six months 
after July 13, 1972.
