SORT: 2060.01
DOCI: DODD 2060.1
DATE: 19920731
TITL: DODD 2060.1 Implementation of, and Compliance With, Arms Control
Agreements, July 31, 1992, USD(A)
Refs:(a) DoD Directive 5100.70, "Implementation of SAL Agreements,"
January 9, 1973 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Instruction S-5100.72, "Procedures for the Implementation of
Strategic Arms Limitation (SAL) Agreements and Measures Agreements (U),"
May 31, 1977 (hereby canceled)
(c) DoD Directive 5111.1, "Under Secretary of Defense for Policy," July
27, 1989
(d) Title 10, United States Code
A. PURPOSE
This Directive:
1. Replaces references (a) and (b).
2. Updates policy and responsibilities for DoD implementation of, and
compliance with, arms control agreements to which the United States is a
party.
B. APPLICABILITY
This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD),
the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
the Joint Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, the Inspector General
of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field
Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components").
C. POLICY
It is DoD policy that all DoD activities shall be fully compliant with
arms control agreements of the U.S. Government.
D. RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) shall:
a. Oversee implementation planning and execution throughout the
Department of Defense to ensure that all DoD activities fully comply with
arms control treaties and associated international agreements.
b. Provide, as requested by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
(USD(P)), technical experts to support the OSD representatives to
negotiating groups, other international meetings, and inter-Agency
meetings associated with arms control implementation and compliance
matters.
c. Monitor compliance of all DoD activities with arms control treaties
and associated international agreements.
d. Establish arms control agreement implementation working groups (IWG),
as necessary, to monitor and coordinate DoD arms control agreement
implementation issues.
e. Appoint a cognizant director as the Chair of the IWG for each arms
control agreement. Implementation issues include, for example,
operational, administrative, financial, and logistical matters, in the
purview of the Department of Defense, that are necessary to implement the
prospective arms control agreement regimes.
f. Establish arms control agreement compliance review groups (CRG), as
necessary, to monitor and coordinate guidance on issues arising from
questions of the compliance of planned or on-going DoD activities.
g. Appoint a cognizant director as the Chair of the CRG for each arms
control agreement. Compliance issues include, for example, formulating
guidance to ensure that DoD activities comply with arms control agreement
provisions; determining the applicability of arms control agreements to
DoD activities (including activities associated with weapon systems and
supporting command, control, communications, and intelligence systems
acquisition, testing, and operations; and operational implementation of on
-site inspection, escort, and related activities). For specific DoD
activities, the CRG Chair shall recommend arms control agreement
compliance certification, with coordinated rationale, to the Under
Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) (USD(A)).
h. Provide general guidance, coordinated through the cognizant CRG(s)
and/or IWG(s), that enables prompt execution of Secretary of Defense
decisions on DoD arms control implementation and compliance issues.
i. Develop, through the CRG(s) and/or IWG(s), specific guidelines for DoD
compliance with arms control agreements and certify, as necessary, that
specific activities are in compliance with arms control agreements.
j. Conduct or direct reviews of DoD activities, as necessary, to
determine if there are issues that should be brought before a CRG to
ensure compliance.
k. Provide direction and oversight for the conduct of research and
development to support DoD arms control agreement implementation and
compliance.
l. In coordination with the USD(P), the Comptroller of the Department of
Defense (C, DoD), the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and
Personnel) (ASD(FM&P)), and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program
Analysis and Evaluation) ensure that the DoD Components plan, program,
budget, and allocate resources, including manpower, necessary for arms
control agreement implementation and compliance.
2. The General Counsel of the Department of Defense has responsibility,
within the Department of Defense, for legal interpretation of arms control
agreements and shall provide advice and assistance on the arms control
agreement implementation and compliance review programs and the
interpretation of arms control agreements. A representative of the General
Counsel of the Department of Defense shall be a member of each IWG and
CRG.
3. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall:
a. Pursuant to DoD Directive 5111.1 (reference (c)), represent the
Secretary of Defense on arms control matters involving the National
Security Council (NSC), the Department of State, and other Departments,
Agencies, and inter-Agency groups.
b. Develop and coordinate DoD policies and positions for international
negotiations on arms control implementation and/or compliance issues.
c. Represent the Department of Defense with coordinated DoD views in
negotiations, meetings, and other interactions with representatives of
foreign governments, including military and civilian personnel, on issues
about DoD implementation of and compliance with arms control agreements.
d. Provide a representative as a member of each IWG and CRG.
e. Develop policy guidance under the legal interpretation of arms control
treaties and associated international agreements.
f. Provide advice and assistance for implementation of, and compliance
with, arms control agreements.
g. Serve as a key participant in the DoD planning, programming, and
budgeting system process on resource allocation for implementation of, and
compliance with, arms control agreements.
h. Provide advice, as appropriate, to the Secretary and the Deputy
Secretary of Defense that results from Arms Control Coordinating Committee
deliberations.
i. Identify and/or address, in consultation with the CRGs as appropriate,
issues that require resolution to foreclose or respond to questions of
U.S. compliance raised by signatories of arms control agreements to which
the United States is a party.
4. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation)
shall:
a. In coordination with the USD(A), the C, DoD, and the ASD(FM&P) ensure
that DoD Components program resources, including manpower, for arms
control implementation and compliance.
b. Provide a representative as a member of each IWG.
c. Provide, on request, a representative to meetings of each CRG.
5. The Heads of the DoD Components shall:
a. Ensure the compliance of their respective Component with arms control
agreements according to general procedures and guidance issued by the
USD(A).
b. Provide advice and assistance, on request, about the impact of the
interpretation of arms control provisions on their respective Component.
c. Provide advice and assistance, on request, for their respective
Component, about implementation of, and compliance with, arms control
agreements.
d. Establish, as required, detailed procedures applicable in their
respective jurisdictions for implementation of, and compliance with, arms
control agreements.
e. Designate, as required, an implementation and compliance review
manager for each arms control agreement and negotiation and so advise, in
writing, the USD(A).
f. Provide, as required, periodic reports advising the USD(A) of the arms
control compliance status of activities under the purview of the
Component.
g. Seek clearance from the USD(A), through the appropriate CRG, before
taking an action that reasonably raises an issue of DoD compliance with an
arms control agreement. When there is doubt whether clearance is
necessary, clearance shall be sought.
6. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall:
a. Provide military advice on arms control implementation and compliance
issues.
b. Coordinate, as provided in the procedures approved under subparagraph
6.d below, activities including communications to and from the Unified and
Specified Commands, for implementation of, and compliance with, all arms
control agreements.
c. Provide advice and assistance for DoD implementation of, and
compliance with, arms control agreements.
d. Coordinate the development of detailed procedures applicable within
the Unified and Specified Commands when approved by the Secretary of
Defense for the Commands' implementation of, and compliance with, arms
control agreements.
e. Provide a representative of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
as a member of each IWG and CRG.
E. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
The reporting requirements in paragraphs D.5.f. and D.6.f., above, have
been assigned the Report Control Symbol DD-ACQ(AR) 1229.
F. EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION
This Directive is effective immediately. Forward two copies of
implementing documents to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)
within 120 days.
Donald J. Atwood Deputy Secretary of Defense
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