103 STAT. 1546 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 country and used to verify the degree of such compliance be cur- tailed or become unavailable due to a change in, or severing of, diplomatic relations with such a controlled country. The report shall assess, in particular, whether compliance by the Soviet Union with any such agreement to limit testing of nuclear devices can be fully and reliably verified should such a cooperative agreement be cur- tailed or terminated. The report shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of Defense. (b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— The report prepared under subsection (a) shall be submitted to Congress not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) CONTROLLED COUNTRY DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec- tion, the term "controlled country" means a country listed in sec- tion 620(fKl) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)(1)). SEC. 1011. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS AND UNITED STATES MODERNIZATION POLICY (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States is currently engaged in a wide range of ,^ arms control negotiations in the areas of strategic nuclear forces, strategic defenses, conventional force levels, chemical weapons, and security and confidence building measures. (2) On May 30, 1989, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization issued a "Comprehensive Concept on Arms Control and Disar- mament" which placed a special emphasis on arms control as a means of enhancing security and stability in Europe. (3) The President has stated that arms control is one of the highest priorities of the United States in the area of security and foreign policy and that the United States will pursue a
- dynamic, active arms control dialogue with the Soviet Union
and the other Warsaw Pact countries. (4) The United States has already made major proposals at the Conventional Forces in Europe Talks, convened on March 6, 1989, which would result in a dramatic reduction in Soviet and Warsaw Pact conventional forces. (5) The President, on September 25, 1989, made a major new arms control proposal in the area of chemical weapons. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. — It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the President is to be commended for pursuing a wide array of arms control initiatives in the context of a multitude of arms control negotiations, all of which have been designed to enhance global security and result in meaningful, militarily significant reductions in military forces; (2) Congress fully supports the arms control efforts of the President and encourages the government of the Soviet Union ,, to respond favorably to United States arms control proposeds which would require the Soviet Union to reduce its massive quantitative superiority in military weaponry; (3) the President should seek arms control agreements that would not limit the United States to levels of forces inferior to s> the limits provided for the Soviet Union; and (4) the President's efforts to negotiate such sigreements is dependent upon the msdntenance of a vigorous research and development and modernization program as required for a pru- dent defense posture. (c) REAFFIRMATION OF PROHIBITION RELATING TO ENTERING INTO CERTAIN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS.— Congress hereby reaffirms
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