Findings
The Congress finds that—
(1) under this chapter, the Department of State is charged with the "formulation and implementation of United States arms control and disarmament policy in a manner which will promote the national security";
(2) 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;
(3) on-site inspection activities under the INF Treaty include—
(A) inspections in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, and Germany,
(B) escort duties for teams visiting the United States and the Basing Countries,
(C) establishment and operation of the Portal Monitoring Facility in Russia, and
(D) support for the inspectors at the Portal Monitoring Facility in Utah;
(4) the On-Site Inspection Agency has additional responsibilities to those specified in paragraph (3), including the monitoring of nuclear tests pursuant to the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and the monitoring of the inspection provisions of such additional arms control agreements as the President may direct;
(5) the personnel of the On-Site Inspection Agency include civilian technical experts, civilian support personnel, and members of the Armed Forces; and
(6) the senior officials of the On-Site Inspection Agency include representatives from the Department of State.
Policy coordination concerning implementation of on-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 Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense should provide to OSIA appropriate policy guidance formulated through the interagency mechanism described in subsection (a) and operational direction, consistent with section 113(b) of title 10.
(c) Role of Secretary of State
The Secretary of State should provide to the interagency mechanism described in subsection (a) appropriate recommendations for policy guidance to OSIA consistent with sections 2551(3) and 2574(b) of this title.
Definitions
As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term "INF Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (signed at Washington, December 8, 1987);
(2) the term "OSIA" means the On-Site Inspection Agency established by the President, or such other agency as may be designated by the President to carry out the on-site inspection provisions of the INF Treaty;
(3) the term "Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (signed at Washington and Moscow, May 28, 1976); and
(4) the term "Threshold Test Ban Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapons Tests (signed at Moscow, July 3, 1974).
Annual report on comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty sensors
(a) Requirement
Not later than 90 days after December 27, 2021, and not later than September 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the sensors used in the international monitoring system of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Each such report shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report—
(1) the number of incidents where such sensors are disabled, turned off, or experience "technical difficulties"; and
(2) with respect to each such incident—
(A) the location of the sensor;
(B) the duration of the incident; and
(C) whether the Secretary determines there is reason to believe that the incident was a deliberate act on the part of the host nation.
(b) Appropriate congressional committees defined
In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
Review of certain reprogramming notifications
Any notification submitted to the Congress with respect to a proposed transfer, reprogramming, or reallocation of funds from or within the budget of OSIA shall also be submitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and shall be subject to review by those committees.
Source: United States Code / CFR (uscode.house.gov, govinfo.gov) — U.S. federal law, public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).
