PUBLIC LAW 102-172—NOV. 26, 1991 105 STAT. 1209 (A) 4 members shall be appointed by the President. Premdent. (B) 4 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (C) 4 members shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the msgority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. (2) The members of the Commission shall be appointed on a nonpartisan basis from among persons having knowledge and experience in defense, foreign policy, nuclear weapons, and arms control matters. (3) Members of the Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. A vacancy on the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. (4) The members of the Commission shall be appointed not later than March 1, 1992. The Commission may not begin to carry out its duties under this section until seven members of the Commission have been appointed. (5) The Chairman of the Commission shall be elected by and from the members of the Commission. (c) DUTIES.— The Commission shall assess, report on, and issue recommendations regarding— (1) the role of, and requirements for, nuclear weapons in the security strategy of the United States as a result of the significant changes in the former Warsaw Pact, the former Soviet Union, and the Third World; (2) actions the United States should take with respect to such weapons in its national security posture by reason of such changes; (3) the problems of command, control, and safety of nuclear weapons resulting from the changes taking place in the Soviet Union; (4) identification of possibilities for international cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union and among other countries regarding such problems; (5) the implications of the changes in the Soviet Union on the policy of the United States regarding the problems of command, control, and safety of Soviet nuclear weapons and on the possibilities for international cooperation regarding such problems; (6) future actions by the United States regarding the matters referred to in paragraphs (3)-(5) above; (7) what safeguards, including the possible deplo3anent of limited defenses, to protect against the threat of accidental or unauthorized use of nuclear weapons; (8) what specific goals, consistent with the principle of maintaining deterrence and strategic stability at the lowest levels of armament, should be established for the reduction of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons; and (9) what techniques for dismantling nuclear warheads and disposing of nuclear materials could be incorporated into future arms control agreements. (d) To assist it in carrying out its duties with respect to the matters listed in subsection (c)(3)-(6) above, the Commission is requested to obtain a study from the National Academy of Sciences on these matters. Such a study would be a follow-on endeavor to the
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