[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58327-58331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29169]
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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
22 CFR Part 601
Statement of Organization
AGENCY: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
is updating, revising, and restating in its entirety the ACDA Statement
of Organization. In addition to reflecting ACDA's current organization,
the amended rule contains numerous editorial changes. This rule will
have no substantive effect on the public.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice F. Busen, Office of the General
Counsel, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Room 5635,
320 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20451, telephone (202) 647-3596.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because this rule relates solely to internal
agency management, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) notice and other public
procedures are not required, and the rule is effective immediately on
the specified date. Further, this action is not a rule as defined in
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612 and, thus, is exempt
from the provisions of that act.
Executive Order 12866 Determination
ACDA has determined that this rule is not a significant regulatory
action
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within the meaning of section 3(f) of that Executive Order.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This rule is not subject to the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act because it does not contain any information collection
requirements within the meaning of that Act.
Unfunded Mandates Act Determination
ACDA has determined that this rule will not result in expenditures
by state, local, and tribal governments, or by the private sector, of
more than $100 million in any one year. Accordingly, a budgetary impact
statement is not required under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1532.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 601
Organization and functions (Government agencies).
Chapter VI of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended by revising part 601 to read as follows:
PART 601--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
Sec.
601.1 Purpose.
601.2 Definitions.
Subpart A--Agency Mission and Structure
601.5 Mission.
601.6 Agency structure.
Subpart B--Functional Statements
601.10 Office of the Director.
601.11 Multilateral Affairs Bureau (MA).
601.12 Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau (SEA).
601.13 Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau (NP).
601.14 Intelligence, Verification, and Information Management
Bureau (IVI).
601.15 Office of the General Counsel (GC).
601.16 Office of Administration (A).
601.17 Office of Congressional Affairs (CA).
601.18 Office of Public Affairs (PA).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1) and 22 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Sec. 601.1 Purpose.
This part summarizes the mission and organization of the U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency.
Sec. 601.2 Definitions.
(a) As used in this part, Agency or ACDA means the U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency.
(b) As used in this part, the Act means the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.).
Subpart A--Agency Mission and Structure
Sec. 601.5 Mission.
(a) Through the Act, Congress and the President determined that the
formulation and implementation of United States arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament policy in a manner which will promote
the national security could best be insured by a central organization
charged by statute with primary responsibility for this field.
(b) Under the Act, the Agency is charged with providing the
President, the Secretary of State, other officials of the executive
branch, and the Congress with recommendations concerning United States
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy, and assessing
the effect of these recommendations upon our foreign policies, our
national security policies, and our economy.
(c) The Agency also has the capacity for providing the essential
scientific, economic, political, military, psychological, and
technological information on which realistic arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament policy must be based, and has the
authority, under the direction of the President and the Secretary of
State, to carry out the following primary functions:
(1) The preparation for and management of United States
participation in international negotiations and implementation fora in
the arms control and disarmament field.
(2) When directed by the President, the preparation for, and
management of, United States participation in international
negotiations and implementation fora in the nonproliferation field.
(3) The conduct, support, and coordination of research for arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy formulation.
(4) The preparation for, operation of, or, as appropriate,
direction of United States participation in such control systems as may
become part of United States arms control, nonproliferation, and
disarmament activities.
(5) The dissemination and coordination of public information
concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament.
(d) The Agency works at the highest level of the United States
Government and, under the direction of the Secretary of State, conducts
United States participation in international arms control and
disarmament negotiations. It does not normally hand down decisions or
engage in regulatory activities affecting the general public, since its
functions are principally in the advisory or diplomatic areas. Copies
of publications resulting from the Agency's activities, such as its
Annual Report, may be ordered from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, or requested
directly from the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of
Public Affairs, 320 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20451.
Sec. 601.6 Agency structure.
(a) The Agency is headed by a Director, appointed by the President
with the advice and consent of the Senate, who is responsible for the
executive direction of the Agency. The Director is assisted by a Deputy
Director, also appointed by the President with the advice and consent
of the Senate, who acts for, and exercises the powers of, the Director
during the Director's absence or disability or during a vacancy in said
office.
(b) The Director of ACDA ranks with the Deputy Secretary of State
and reports directly to the Secretary of State; the Deputy Director
ranks with an Under Secretary of State. The Director of ACDA is the
principal advisor to the Secretary of State, the National Security
Council, and the President and other executive branch Government
officials on matters relating to arms control, nonproliferation, and
disarmament. The Director has direct access to the President as
necessary. In addition, the Director has the authority and independence
to deal directly with the heads of other agencies, such as the
Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, on matters not
falling within the jurisdiction of the Department of State.
(c) The Director is supported by a personal staff that includes the
Counselor, Chief of Staff, Special Assistant, and Personal Secretary.
Other entities included within the Office of the Director are: the
Executive Secretary and Adviser for Internal Affairs, the Advanced
Projects Office, the Chief Science Advisor, the Office of Military
Affairs, the Office of the Inspector General, and the Equal Employment
Opportunity Officer.
(d) The Agency has four Assistant Directors appointed by the
President with the advice and consent of the Senate who rank with
Assistant Secretaries of State. Each of these Assistant Directors heads
a bureau, and it is through the bureaus that the Agency's program
responsibilities are primarily discharged. The four current
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bureaus are the Multilateral Affairs Bureau, the Strategic and Eurasian
Affairs Bureau, the Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau,
and the Intelligence, Verification, and Information Management Bureau.
Within the range of its program responsibilities, each bureau is
responsible for generating policy proposals, and for working closely
with other ACDA units and Government agencies. Other Agency units with
staff or Agency-wide responsibilities are the Office of the Director,
Office of the General Counsel, the Office of Congressional Affairs, the
Office of Administration, the Office of Congressional Affairs, and the
Office of Public Affairs.
Subpart B--Functional Statements
Sec. 601.10 Office of the Director.
(a) The Director of ACDA is the principal adviser to the Secretary
of State, the National Security Council, and the President and other
executive branch Government officials on matters relating to arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, and on their relationship
to other aspects of overall national security policy. Under the
direction of the President and the Secretary of State, the Director has
primary responsibility within the Government for matters relating to
arms control and disarmament and, whenever directed by the President,
primary responsibility within the Government for matters relating to
nonproliferation. The Director is responsible for the executive
direction, operations, and coordination of all activities of the Agency
and the Agency's relations with the Congress. The Director attends all
meetings of the National Security Council that involve weapons
procurement, arms sales, consideration of the defense budget, and all
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters.
(b) The Deputy Director assists the Director in carrying out the
Director's responsibilities as head of the Agency, and acts for and
exercises the powers of the Director during the Director's absence or
disability or during a vacancy in said office. The Deputy Director also
has direct responsibility, under the supervision of the Director, for
the administrative management of the Agency, intelligence-related
activities, security and the Special Compartmental Intelligence
Facility, and performs such other duties and exercises such other
powers as the Director may prescribe.
(c) The Executive Secretary and Advisor for Internal Affairs (D/
EX), on behalf of the Director, initiates and provides Agency liaison
to the national security agencies, coordinates within ACDA and with
other agencies to ensure appropriate ACDA representation of interagency
deliberations and international summits, and the timely exchange of
information. The Executive Secretary advises the Director and other
Agency Principals on arms control and administrative policy options,
the status of policy deliberations within the Agency, and the optimum
methods and procedures to implement policy decisions. The Executive
Secretary maintains the Director's formal record of communications
regarding arms control policy deliberations and decisions.
(d) The Advanced Projects Office (D/AP) is ACDA's center for
innovative concepts of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament.
It conceives and develops new avenues to aspects of arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament. Its projects build both on
internally generated concepts and on ideas collected from government,
academic, and non-governmental sources.
(e) The Chief Science Advisor (CSA) is the Director's special
representative for matters of science and technology, and identifies
promising technologies for monitoring arms control agreements.
(f) The Office of Military Affairs (D/M) is headed by the Senior
Military Advisor who serves as the principal advisor to the ACDA
Director on military matters, is the principal representative of the
Director to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, and is the liaison between ACDA and United States military
commanders and the ACDA focal point for military-to-military contacts
on agency initiatives. The Senior Military Advisor evaluates arms
control and nonproliferation proposals from a military perspective, and
assesses their potential contributions to the national security of the
United States.
(g) The Office of the Inspector General is headed by the Inspector
General of the Agency who has the duties, responsibilities, and
authorities specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended
(5 U.S.C. app.). The Inspector General of the Agency utilizes personnel
of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State in
performing the duties of Inspector General of the Agency.
(h) The Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer has the primary
responsibility for advising the Director of the Agency with respect to
the preparation of the Agency's equal employment opportunity plans,
procedures, regulations, reports, and other matters pertaining to the
Agency's equal employment opportunity program, for evaluating the
sufficiency of the total Agency program for equal employment
opportunity, and when authorized by the Director of the Agency, for
making changes in programs and procedures designed to eliminate
discriminatory practices and to improve the Agency's program for equal
employment opportunity. The EEO Officer maintains contact with the
Office of Personnel Management, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, schools, and other related organizations.
Sec. 601.11 Multilateral Affairs Bureau (MA).
MA develops and implements policy, strategy, and tactics for issues
under negotiation and discussion in multilateral arms control fora. It
provides organizational support and staffing for U.S. delegations to
the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, in which the negotiations
on a comprehensive ban on nuclear weapons testing (CTB) and on other
issues related to nuclear weapons (e.g., fissile material cut-off) and
conventional arms (e.g., transparency in armaments) are conducted, as
well as for the First Committee of the UN General Assembly and the
United Nations Disarmament Commission. The Bureau leads the U.S. effort
to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) through the CWC
Preparatory Commission in The Hague, and will potentially serve as the
U.S. Office of National Authority (ONA) upon entry into force of the
CWC. In addition, the MA Bureau takes the leading policy role in
formulating Agency positions in support of the implementation of the
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) through the Joint
Consultative Group (JCG), the Treaty on Open Skies through the Open
Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC), and the CSCE Forum for Security
Cooperation (FSC), all in Vienna. The Bureau is also responsible for
development and implementation of policy within the U.S. relating to
other international arms control agreements and negotiations, including
the international effort to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons
Convention (BWC) by enhancing transparency and confidence in
compliance, and other related diplomatic activities, such as the BW
Trilateral dialogue between the U.S., UK and Russia. MA takes the
Agency lead in supporting other international efforts such as the UN
Special Commission (UNSCOM) for Iraq and peacekeeping initiatives. It
also leads U.S.
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Government efforts, both substantively and administratively, for
multilateral treaty review conferences, with the exception of the
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Bureau assists in the
formulation of Agency policy with regard to arms control in regions of
the world outside Europe.
Sec. 601.12 Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau (SEA).
SEA has principal responsibility within the Agency for the
diplomatic, political, and technical aspects of negotiations and
implementation of strategic and nuclear arms control agreements,
particularly with respect to the new independent States of the former
Soviet Union, and of policy initiatives to facilitate the
denuclearization of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Expansion of arms
control efforts in the Eurasian region, including consideration of
discussions with China on strategic stability, is also part of the
Bureau's portfolio. Further, SEA has principal responsibility within
the Agency for development and implementation of the Nunn-Lugar
program, the Safeguards, Transparency and Irreversibility initiative
(to ensure that nuclear warhead dismantlement is irreversible and
transparent) and of defense conversion policy and programs related to
the former Soviet Union and China. Other areas in which SEA has
responsibility include: ballistic missile defense arms control, the
Standing Consultative Commission (SCC), the Joint Compliance and
Inspection Commission (JCIC), and the Special Verification Commission
(SVC). SEA coordinates implementation of agreed policy, generates and
analyzes proposals, and evaluates weapons systems and other questions
relating to these negotiations. It also takes the leading role in
formulating Agency positions on basic strategic and theater offensive
arms control, ballistic missile defense arms control, nuclear warhead
dismantlement initiatives and the storage and disposition of fissile
material from dismantled nuclear warheads, and other strategic or
global arms control and outer space policy issues that require high-
level decision within the Government. SEA chairs the interagency
backstopping committees for the JCIC, the SCC, the SVC, and the
Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC). The Bureau also provides
technical expertise to teams implementing various elements of
denuclearization, fissile material disposition, and related openness
initiatives, as well as to defense conversion committees and relevant
interagency working groups.
Sec. 601.13 Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau (NP).
NP is responsible for representing the Agency in policy
development, implementation, and international negotiations to halt the
proliferation of nuclear/chemical/biological weapons and missiles, to
control conventional arms and sensitive dual-use exports, and to foster
regional arms control. It promotes United States interests in
multilateral nonproliferation regimes, e.g., the Nuclear Non-
proliferation Treaty, the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the Missile Technology
Control Regime, Nuclear Suppliers Group, and the Australia Group. It
provides technical and policy support for the International Atomic
Energy Agency's safeguards and technical assistance efforts. NP also
participates in the review of exports subject to nuclear/chemical/
biological weapons and missile nonproliferation controls. It initiates
and supports regional arms control measures and arrangements outside of
Europe as well as conventional arms.
Sec. 601.14 Intelligence, Verification, and Information Management
Bureau (IVI).
IVI has principal responsibility within the Agency for developing
verification policy, compliance assessments and intelligence support.
The Bureau provides research and technical analysis to the other ACDA
bureaus; coordinates and integrates agency-wide perspectives on
substantive compliance, verification and implementation issues;
compiles, maintains, and analyzes all relevant arms control and
nonproliferation data in support of agency requirements for compliance
assessment and adjudication; establishes, manages and maintains all
information systems within the Agency; and monitors and assures the
availability of U.S. technical systems to implement existing treaties.
IVI's responsibilities in the area of verification and compliance
include analysis of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Conventional
Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties
(START I and II), the Open Skies Treaty, and most recently, the
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). These are in addition to the earlier
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the Nuclear Non-proliferation
Treaty (NPT), the U.S.-Soviet Threshold Test Ban (TTB) and Peaceful
Nuclear Explosions (PNE) Treaties, and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty. In addition to treaty-specific responsibilities,
the Bureau is also responsible for providing effective coordination of
research and development on arms control, nonproliferation, and
disarmament issues among the departments and agencies of the executive
branch; participating in the development of government-wide
requirements for arms control research and development and
implementation to ensure responsiveness to policy requirements as well
as fiscal accountability; providing the definitive repository for
negotiations documents such as negotiating records and electronic
treaty texts; publishing the Agency's annual report, World Military
Expenditures and Arms Transfers; and providing economic analysis
support to the Agency and to the interagency community for economic
aspects of arms control and national security.
Sec. 601.15 Office of the General Counsel (GC).
The Office of the General Counsel (GC) is responsible for all
matters of domestic and international law relevant to the work of the
Agency. It provides advice and assistance in drafting and negotiating
arms control treaties and agreements, and on questions regarding their
approval by Congress, implementation, interpretation, ratification, and
revision. GC lawyers regularly serve as the Legal Advisors to United
States arms control negotiating delegations. The Office is also
involved in the legal aspects of the nuclear weapons nonproliferation
responsibilities of the Agency. It is responsible for legal matters
relating to arms control policy formulation and Agency legislation,
including drafting of such legislation. It handles the legal aspects of
Agency policies and operations in the areas of personnel, security,
ethics, equal employment opportunity, contracts, procurement, fiscal,
and administrative matters. It also is responsible for responding to
requests under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), and for reviewing documents for
declassification.
Sec. 601.16 Office of Administration (A).
This Office is responsible for full administrative support to the
Agency and to all of its components, including the negotiating staffs
in Geneva, Switzerland, The Hague, Netherlands, and Vienna, Austria.
This includes all personnel, budget, fiscal, supply, contracts,
communications, and general administrative activities. The Office
maintains regular liaison with the Office of Management and Budget, the
Appropriations Committees of the Congress, the Department of State, the
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General Services Administration, and other organizations providing
services for the Agency. The Office is responsible for the security
program of the Agency which includes physical, procedural, personnel,
technical, and computer security, as well as investigative and
counterintelligence functions. The Office conducts liaison with
national security and federal investigative agencies.
Sec. 601.17 Office of Congressional Affairs (CA).
The Office of Congressional Affairs (CA) is responsible for the
legislative and policy implications of all arms control,
nonproliferation and disarmament proposals. This includes
responsibility for Congressional liaison, coordination and
representation. These activities include preparation for and attendance
at Congressional briefings, consultations and hearings, including the
Agency's biannual authorization request and annual appropriation
request. The Office also assists in the preparation for visits by
Members of Congress to our negotiating fora and is responsible for all
Congressional inquiries. The status of proposed and existing arms
control agreements, and the inter- and intra-agency coordination of
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament congressional matters
are also included in the liaison activity. Communication between the
Agency and Congressional committees, Members and their staffs, formal
and informal, are designed to keep Congress informed of our arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament efforts. This process
includes obtaining insights by CA for suggestions and initiatives
within ACDA.
Sec. 601.18 Office of Public Affairs (PA).
This office carries out the Agency's legislative mandate for the
dissemination and coordination of public information concerning arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters. It is responsible
for all contacts with the media and prepares guidance as required on
questions relating to the Agency's business. It collects, screens, and
distributes information to Bureaus and Offices to keep the Agency's
staff abreast of developments of interest and use in connection with
carrying out their responsibilities. It also prepares publications and
handles the participation at public speaking engagements by Agency
officials.
Dated: October 24, 1996.
Mary Elizabeth Hoinkes,
General Counsel.
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