reports of the president

reports of the president Sec. 601. (a) The President shall review all activities of Government departments and agencies relating to preventing proliferation and shall make a report to Congress in January of 1979 and annually in January of each year thereafter on the Government’s efforts to prevent proliferation. This report shall include but not be limited to— (1) a description of the progress made toward— (A) negotiating the initiatives contemplated in sections 104 and 105 of this Act; (B) negotiating the international arrangements or other mutual undertakings contemplated in section 403 of this Act; (C) encouraging non-nuclear-weapon states that are not party to the Treaty to adhere to the Treaty or, pending such adherence, to enter into comparable agreements with respect to safeguards and to foreswear the development of any nuclear explosive devices, and discouraging nuclear exports to non-nuclear-weapon states which have not taken such steps; (D) strengthening the safeguards of the IAEA as contemplated in section 201 of this Act; and (E) renegotiating agreements for cooperation as contemplated in section 404(a) of this Act; (2) an assessment of the impact of the progress described in paragraph (1) on the nonproliferation policy of the United States; an explanation of the precise reasons why progress has not been made on any particular point and recommendations with respect to appropriate measures to encourage progress; and a statement of what legislative modifications, if any, are necessary in his judgment to achieve the nonproliferation policy of the United States; (3) a determination as to which non-nuclear-weapon states with which the United States has an agreement for cooperation in effect or under negotiation, if any, have— (A) detonated a nuclear device; or (B) refused to accept the safeguards of the IAEA on all of their peaceful nuclear activities; or (C) refused to give specific assurances that they will not manufacture or otherwise acquire any nuclear explosive device; or 92 STAT. 151 (D) engaged in activities involving source or special nuclear material and having direct significance for the manufacture or acquisition of nuclear explosive devices; (4) an assessment of whether any of the policies set forth in this Act have, on balance, been counterproductive from the stand-point of preventing proliferation; and (5) a description of the progress made toward establishing procedures to facilitate the timely processing of requests for subsequent arrangements and export licenses in order to enhance the reliability of the United States in meeting its commitments to supply nuclear reactors and fuel to nations which adhere to effective nonproliferation policies. (b) In the first report required by this section, the President shall analyze each civil agreement for cooperation negotiated pursuant to section 123 of the 1954 Act, and shall discuss the scope and adequacy of the requirements and obligations relating to safeguards and other controls therein.