§ 2571. — Research, development and other studies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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.
