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DCCUNENT SESUME
03763 - (B2974227]
Statements that Analyze Effects of Proposed Prcgrams on Arms
Control Need Improvement. ID-77-I; B-156900. October 20, 1977.
29 pp. 4 i appendices (12 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Ccmptroller General.
Issue Area: International Economic and Military Programs:
International Sectirity Through Controls Orer Weapons and
Destructive Elements (607).
Contact: International Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Atomic Energy Defense
Activities (053); National Defense: Defense-related
Activities (054) ; National Defense: Weapon Systems (057).
Organization Concerned: Arms Contrcl and Disarmament Agency;
Department of Defense; Department of State; Energy Research
and Levelopment Administration; Natioral Security Council.
Congressional Relevarce: House Ccmaittee on International
Relations; Senate Committee on Foreign Pelations; Congress.
Authority: Arms Control and Disarmament Act, sec. 36, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 2576). Foreign Relations Authorization Act of
1975 (P.L. 94-141).
The statements sutmitted to the Congress by the
executive branch analyzing the impact of proposed programs on
arms control and disarmament policy and negotiations have not
accomplished their intended objectives. Findirgs/Conclusions:
The intended objectives of the statements were: to make the
executive branch formally and systematically consider tha
possible effects of proposed programs on arms control; to
improve the quantity and quality of information submitted to the
Congress on proposed defense programs so it can better
deliberate the merits of these programs, and tc enhance the role
of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in the national
security policymaking process. Although these cbjectives are
laudable and the idea of having arms control ispact statements
has merit, the quality of the statements cannot be expected to
improve until the executive branch overcomes past difficulties
in implementing legislative requirements. Executive branch
compliance with the legal requirements has been hampered by
interagency disputes over such basic questions as: what programs
require arms control impact statements; what information the
statements should contain; and the role various agencies are
expected tc' play. UVcertainty over tne intended use of these
statements by the Congress also appears to have inhibited full
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