113 STAT. 1501A-486 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G Subtitle A—Arms Control CHAPTER I—EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS SEC. 1111. KEY VERIFICATION ASSETS FUND. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of State is authorized to transfer funds available to the Department of State under this section to the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, or any agency, entity, or component of the intelligence community, as needed, for retaining, researching, developing, or acquiring technologies or programs relating to the verification of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments. (b) PROHIBITION ON REPROGRAMMING.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available to carry out this section may not be used for any purpose other than the purposes specified in subsection (a). (c) FUNDING. —Of the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State by this Act for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $5,000,000 is authorized to be available for each such fiscal year to carry out subsection (a). (d) DESIGNATION OF FUND.— Amounts made available under subsection (c) may be referred to as the "Key Verification Assets Fund". SEC. 1112. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE. (a) DESIGNATION OF POSITION.— The Secretary of State shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaries of State authorized by section 1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(l)) as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance. The Assistant Secretary shall report to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. (b) DIRECTIVE GOVERNING THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue a directive governing the position of the Assistant Secretary. (2) ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTIVE. — The directive issued under paragraph (1) shall set forth, consistent with this section— (A) the duties of the Assistant Secretary; (B) the relationships between the Assistant Secretary and other officials of the Department of State; (C) any delegation of authority from the Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary; and (D) such matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) DUTIES. — (1) IN GENERAL. — The Assistant Secretary shall have as his principal responsibility the overall supervision (including oversight of policy and resources) within the Department of State of all matters relating to verification and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments. (2) PARTICIPATION OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. —
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