REPORTS ON CONTROLS ON TRANSFER OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND CERTAIN WEAPONS TO OTHER NATIONS

SEC. 1639. REPORTS ON CONTROLS ON TRANSFER OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND CERTAIN WEAPONS TO OTHER NATIONS (a) Requirement for Submission of Previously Required Report.—Section 901(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–180; 101 Stat. 1135) is amended by striking out “February 1, 1988” and inserting in lieu thereof “60 days after the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990”. (b) Report on Manpower Required To Implement Export Controls on Certain Weapons Transfers.—(1) Not later than February 1, 1990, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report relating to Department of Defense manpower required to implement export controls on certain weapons transfers. In the report, the Secretary shall— (A) identify the role of the Department of Defense in implementing export controls on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; (B) describe the number and skills of personnel currently available in the Department of Defense to perform such role; and (C) assess the adequacy of the level of personnel resources described in subparagraph (B) for the effective performance of such role. (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall identify the total number of current Department of Defense full-time employees or military personnel, and the grades of such personnel and the special knowledge, experience, and expertise of such personnel, required to carry out each of the following activities of the Department in implementing export controls on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons: (A) Review of private-sector export license applications and government-to-government cooperative activities. (B) Intelligence analysis and activities. (C) Policy coordination. (D) International liaison activity. (E) Technology security operations. (F) Technical review. (3) The report shall include the Secretary’s assessment of the adequacy of staffing in each of the categories specified in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2) and shall make recommendations concerning measures, including legislation if necessary, to eliminate any identified staffing deficiencies and to improve interagency coordination with respect to implementing export controls on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. 103 STAT. 1613 (c) Report on Missile Technology Control Regime Enforcement.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall include in the report under subsection (b) information concerning the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). In the report, the Secretary shall review the existing regulations covering the issues addressed by the MTCR and shall assess whether those regulations— (A) appropriately cover each item listed in the MTCR annex; and (B) sufficiently stress consideration of ultimate end use of an item as a factor in issuance of export licenses with respect to that item. (2) In the report, the Secretary shall also assess whether, in the case of a request for an export license involving a country that is considered to be a suspect country for purposes of the regime, or involving a commodity that is considered to be a suspect commodity for purposes of the regime, sufficient information on that request is brought to the attention of the Department of Defense before such a license is issued and, if not, what measures could be taken to improve Department of Defense oversight of the issuance of export licenses in such cases. (3) In the report, the Secretary may also address whatever other initiatives for the enforcement of the regime the Secretary considers would help strengthen the regime.