Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 35 — Arms Control and Disarmament
§ 2578. Negotiating records
Statutory text
Preparation of records
The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain records for each arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreement to which the United States is a party and which was under negotiation or in force on or after , which shall include classified and unclassified materials such as instructions and guidance, position papers, reporting cables and memoranda of conversation, working papers, draft texts of the agreement, diplomatic notes, notes verbal, and other internal and external correspondence.
Negotiating and implementation records
In particular, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a negotiating and implementation record for each such agreement, which shall be comprehensive and detailed, and shall document all communications between the parties with respect to such agreement. Such records shall be maintained both in hard copy and magnetic media.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 87–297 title III § 307 · 75 Stat. 631
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2578
Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 307, formerly § 38, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 713(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 496
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 307, formerly § 38, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 713(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 496Pub. L. 105–277 § 1223(12)(A) · 112 Stat. 2681
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2578(a); 22 U.S.C. § 2578(b)
Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(A), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(A), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.Pub. L. 105–277 § 1223(12)(B) · 112 Stat. 2681
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 2578(c)
Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In order to implement effectively this section, the Director shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In order to implement effectively this section, the Director shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.”Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.
0 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2578, Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 38, as added Pub. L. 100–213, § 3(b), , 101 Stat. 1445; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(a), , 107 Stat. 2324, related to reports on activities of Standing Consultative Commission, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 704(2), , 108 Stat. 492.
Amendments
1998—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(A), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In order to implement effectively this section, the Director shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective , see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.
Credits
1994–1998 · 2 acts
- 1994Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 307, formerly § 38, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 713(a), , 108 Stat. 496
- 1998renumbered § 307 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(12), (21), , 112 Stat. 2681–770, 2681–772.
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(Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 307, formerly § 38, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 713(a), , 108 Stat. 496; renumbered § 307 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(12), (21), , 112 Stat. 2681–770, 2681–772.)