KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 638 (Senate - August 01, 1989)

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Mr. NUNN (for Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1352, supra; as follows:

SEC. . REPORT ON VERIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR THE DISMANTLEMENT OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND FISSILE MATERIAL MONITORING.

(a) Report.--The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prepare a report for the Congress on--

(1) The on-site monitoring techniques, inspection arrangements, and national technical means, that would be used to verify Soviet dismantlement of nuclear warheads in the event the United States determines that it is in its national interests to agree to a provision in a future strategic arms reduction treaty that would require both parties to dismantle warheads associated with delivery systems eliminated by the terms of the agreement.

(2) The on-site monitoring techniques, inspection arrangements, and national technical means, that would be used to verify the end use and purpose of any fissile materials that are recovered from the dismantlement process described under section (a)(1) of this amendment.

(b) Preparation and Submission of Report.--The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form to the Committee on Armed Services and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives no later than April 30, 1990.

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