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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 30, 1993
Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1993 - Repeals specified provisions of law relating to arms control impact information and analysis and reporting requirements concerning arms control agreements and strategy. Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to grant the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency primary responsibility for the preparation and management of U.S. participation in all international negotiations and implementation fora in arms control and nonproliferation. Directs the President to report to the Congress on procedures established for the coordination of Federal research and development on arms control and disarmament. Requires the Director to establish a permanent unit responsible for maintaining a negotiating and implementation record for each arms control or nonproliferation agreement to which the United States is a participating state and which was under negotiation or in force on or after January 1, 1990. Directs the Director to participate in all interagency groups within the executive branch that analyze or review U.S. policies, programs, or actions that could affect adherence to arms control or nonproliferation agreements. Directs: (1) the Director, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other appropriate departments to identify goods and technologies for inclusion on the national security control list pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979; and (2) the Director and the Secretaries of State and Commerce to identify goods and technologies for inclusion on the foreign policy control list. Prohibits the addition to, or removal from, such list of any item without the concurrence of the Director and the respective Secretaries. Grants the Director the right to review any export license application relating to such items upon request. Makes the Director responsible for conducting negotiations with other countries regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of goods and technology. Amends the Arms Export Control Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for the participation of the Director in specified arms export and licensing and nuclear export activities. Permits proposed arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act only with the concurrence of the Director. Revises congressional reporting requirements and authorizes appropriations.
People & committees
Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D–RI
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See also H.R. 2333.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-172.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-172.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8355-8357)
Introduced in Senate
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