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103 STAT. 1854 PUBLIC LAW 101-216—DEC. 11, 1989 Reports. 22 USC 2565 note. International agreements. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 22 USC 2577a. Reports. SEC. 104. ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE RESOLU- TION. The Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency should study, and report to the Congress on, the advisability of establishing in the Agency an arms control implementation and compliance resolution bureau, or other organizational unit, that would be responsible for— (1) managing the implementation of existing and future arms control agreements; (2) coordinating the activities of the Special Verification Commission and the Standing Consultative Commission; and (3) preparing comprehensive analyses and policy positions regarding the effective resolution of arms control compliance questions. SEC. 105. ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.— The President should establish a working group— (1) to examine verification approaches to a strategic arms reduction agreement and other arms control agreements; and (2) to assess the relevance for such agreements of the verifica- tion provisions of the Treaty Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (signed at Washington, December 8, 1987). (b) INFORMATION AND DATA BASE. — (1) The Agency shall allocate sufficient resources to develop and maintain a comprehensive information and data base on verification concepts, research, tech- nologies, and systems. The Agency shall collect, maintain, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to arms control verification and monitoring, including information regarding— (A) all current United States bilateral and multilateral arms treaties; and (B) proposed, prospective, and potential bilateral or multilat- eral arms treaties in the areas of nuclear, conventional, chemi- cal, and space weapons. (2) The Agency shall seek to improve United States verification and monitoring activities through the monitoring and support of relevant research and analysis. (3) The Agency shall provide detailed information on the activities pursuant to this section in its annual report to the Congress. SEC. 106. EXPENSES OF TRAVEL CONTINUING BEYOND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. Section 48 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2588) is amended by inserting after "personal effects" the following: "(including any such travel or transportation any part of which begins in one fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in that fiscal year, but which is completed after the end of that fiscal year)". SEC. 107. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON PROSPECTS FOR CONVERSION OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIES. The Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall study, and (not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act) submit to the Congress a report, on concrete steps which could be taken to improve prospects