COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina FRANCES P. BOLTON, Ohio E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California J. IRVING WHALLEY, Pennsylvania E. Y. BERRY, South Dakota BOYD CRAWFORD, Staff Administrator HELEN L. HASHAGEN, Staff Assistant LOUISE O'BRIE, Staff Assistant MARY M. LALOS, Staff Assistant DORIS B. MCCRACKEN, Staff Assistant JEAN E. SMITH, Staff Assistant MARY BURNS, Staff Assistant ROBERT J. BOWEN, Clerical Assistant (II) Relation of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency research to that of the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission.. Changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported.. Supplemental views of Hon. E. Ross Adair, Hon. E. Y. Berry, Hon. Edward J. Derwinski, Hon. Vernon W. Thomson, Hon. Paul Findley, Hon. John Buchanan, and Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.. Additional views of Hon. Paul Findley.. FEBRUARY 29, 1968.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MORGAN, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, REPORT [To accompany H.R. 14940] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 14940) to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended, in order to extend the authorization for appropriations, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. COMMITTEE ACTION The President sent to Congress on January 24, 1968, a communication requesting the extension of the life of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for three years and the authorization of the necessary appropriations (H. Doc. 244, 90th Cong.). A draft amendment, providing $33 million for the 3 fiscal years 1969 through 1971, was also submitted by the Executive. A bill to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended, in order to extend the authorization for appropriations was introduced by Hon. Thomas E. Morgan, chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, on January 30, 1968. Identical bills were introduced also by Hon. Cornelius E. Gallagher (H.R. 14941) and Hon. Donald M. Fraser (H.R. 14942). All these bills were referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Beginning on February 1, 1968, the committee held seven hearings, five of which were open. Witnesses included Hon. William C. Foster, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; the Deputy Director of the Agency, Hon. Adrian S. Fisher; two Members of Congress, Hon. Paul Findley and Hon. Craig Hosmer; the former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Hon. Lewis L. Strauss; Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, U.S. Army (retired); and Hon. John J. McCloy. The committee also heard testimony from Dr. James D. Atkinson, professor of government, Georgetown University; Dr. James McBride, Georgetown Center for Strategic Studies; and Mr. W. B. Hicks, Jr., executive secretary of the Liberty Lobby. On February 27, 1968, the committee met to consider the bill, H.R. 14940, for amendment and ordered it favorably reported without amendment. PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION H.R. 14940 authorizes an appropriation of $33 million to finance the operation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for a 3-year period. Although no allocation to specific years is specified, the Agency has programed $10 million for fiscal year 1969, $12 million for fiscal year 1970, and $11 million for fiscal year 1971. The previous authorization in 1965 was $30 million for the 3 fiscal years 1966, 1967, and 1968. Except for the authorization of funds, the bill makes no change in the existing authority of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. AGENCY'S FUNCTIONS The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is an independent agency which provides recommendations and advice to the President, the Secretary of State, and other officials of the executive branch on matters relating to arms control and disarmament, An important aspect of its operations relates to servicing the representatives of the United States in the conduct of negotiations with other nations dealing with arms control and disarmament. In order to perform these functions, the Agency must have the capacity to provide essential scientific, military, psychological and technological information. Since 1961, when the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency began operations, the Agency has participated in more than 500 formal international meetings on arms control and disarmament. U.S. participation in such negotiations is a full-time operation requiring a staff of specialists. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS The Agency is requesting $10 million for fiscal year 1969, of which $4,682,000 is to finance its program operations and $5,318,000 is for external research, including field tests. Emphasis on research is specified by statute (Arms Control and Disarmament Act, sec. 31). The following research areas are enumerated: (a) the detection, identification, inspection, monitoring, limitation, reduction, control, and elimination of armed forces and armaments, including thermonuclear, nuclear, missile, conventional, bacteriological, chemical, and radiological weapons; (b) the techniques and systems of detecting, identifying, inspecting, and monitoring of tests of nuclear, thermonuclear, and other weapons; |