Reconstituting the Senate Arms Control Observer Group as the Senate National Security Working Group and revising the authority of the Group.

III

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 75

Reconstituting the Senate Arms Control Observer Group as the Senate

National Security Working Group and revising the authority of the Group.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 25, 1999

Mr. LOTT submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed

to

RESOLUTION

Reconstituting the Senate Arms Control Observer Group as

the Senate National Security Working Group and revising the authority of the Group.

1 Resolved, That Senate Resolution 105 of the One

2 Hundred First Congress, agreed to April 13, 1989, as

3 amended by Senate Resolution 149 of the One Hundred

4 Third Congress, agreed to October 5, 1993, is further

5 amended as follows:

6 (1) In subsection (a) of the first section, by

7 striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(1) the Senate Arms Control Observer Group, which

9 was previously constituted and authorized by the authority

10 described in paragraph (2), is hereby reconstituted and re-
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1 authorized as the Senate National Security Working

2 Group (hereafter in this resolution referred to as the

3 ‘Working Group’).’’.

4 (2) By striking ‘‘Observer Group’’ each place it

5 appears in the resolution, except paragraph (3) of

6 subsection (a) of the first section, and inserting

7 ‘‘Working Group’’.

8 (3) By striking ‘‘Group’’ in the second sentence

9 of section 3(a) and inserting ‘‘Working Group’’.

10 (4) By striking paragraph (3) of subsection (a)

11 of the first section and inserting the following:

12 ‘‘(3)(A) The members of the Working Group shall act

13 as official observers on the United States delegation to any

14 negotiations, to which the United States is a party, on

15 any of the following:

16 ‘‘(i) Reduction, limitation, or control of conven17 tional weapons, weapons of mass destruction, or the

18 means for delivery of any such weapons.

19 ‘‘(ii) Reduction, limitation, or control of missile

20 defenses.

21 ‘‘(iii) Export controls.

22 ‘‘(B) In addition, the Working Group is encouraged

23 to consult with legislators of foreign nations, including the

24 members of the State Duma and Federal Council of the

25 Russian Federation and, as appropriate, legislators of
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1 other foreign nations, regarding matters described in sub2 paragraph (A).

3 ‘‘(C) The Working Group is not authorized to inves4 tigate matters relating to espionage or intelligence oper5 ations against the United States, counterintelligence oper6 ations and activities, or other intelligence matters within

7 the jurisdiction of the Select Committee on Intelligence

8 under Senate Resolution 400 of the Ninety-Fourth Con9 gress, agreed to on May 19, 1976.’’.

10 (5) In paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of the

11 first section—

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

13 (i) by striking ‘‘Five’’ in the matter

14 preceding clause (i) and inserting ‘‘Seven’’;

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘two’’ in clause (ii)

16 and inserting ‘‘three’’; and

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘two’’ in clause (iii)

18 and inserting ‘‘three’’;

19 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Six’’

20 and inserting ‘‘Five’’; and

21 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking

22 ‘‘Seven’’ and inserting ‘‘Six’’.

23 (6) In section 2(b)(3), by striking ‘‘five’’.

24 (7) In the second sentence of section 3(a)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$380,000’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘$500,000’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘except that not more

4 than’’ and inserting ‘‘of which not more than’’.

5 (8) By striking section 4.

6 (9) By amending the title to read as follows:

7 ‘‘Resolution reconstituting the Senate Arms Control

8 Observer Group as the Senate National Security

9 Working Group, and revising the authority of the

10 Group.’’.

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