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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 446

5 USC 5316.

PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985 "Assistant Directors, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (4)."; and (3) in section 5316, by striking out "Assistant Directors, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (4).". (b) COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET ACT.—Any new spending authority

2 USC 651.

(within the meaning of section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) which is provided under the amendments made by this section shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. SEC. 705. NEW BUILDING IN GENEVA FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATING TEAMS.

Report.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the United States is party to vital talks on arms control in Geneva, Switzerland; (2) these talks include negotiations on strategic nuclear weapons, intermediate range nuclear weapons, space and defense systems, a bilateral United States-Soviet forum, called the Standing Consultative Commission, and a multilateral forum, called the Conference on Disarmament; (3) the United States delegations to these talks occupy buildings and spaces insufficiently secure, modernized, or large enough to permit those delegations to conduct their work efficiently; (4) the United States delegations to the strategic, intermediate and space and defense talks in particular occupy space in the Botanic Building that is also occupied by offices of numerous other, non-United States organizations, and shares common walls and parking facilities with these delegations; (5) arms control negotiations require sophisticated security facilities, telecommunications equipment, simultaneous translation capabilities and other specialized services; and (6) the Soviet Union, for its part, has made available for its negotiating team a modern, secure, well-equipped building dedicated for the use of its arms control negotiating teams. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) in order to facilitate the effective work of the United States arms control negotiating teams, and to provide for them a dedicated structure capable of supporting their vital tasks on a permanent basis, the Secretary of State should submit to the Congress a report on the feasibility, cost, location, and requirements of a structure to house the United States arms control negotiating teams in Geneva; (2) this report should be submitted as soon as possible; and (3) this matter should be included in the consideration of the 1985 supplemental appropriation process. SEC. 706. STUDY OF MEASURES TO ENHANCE CRISIS STABILITY AND CONTROL.

Defense and national Nucfear weapons.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of State and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall conduct a detailed and complete study and evaluation of additional measures which both enhance the security of the United States and reduce the likelihood of nuclear weapons use by contributing to crisis stability or crisis control capabilities, including specific consideration of the following measures: