NEGOTIATION MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 710. NEGOTIATION MANAGEMENT. Section 34 (22 U.S.C. 2574) is amended to read as follows: “negotiation management “Sec. 34. (a) Responsibilities.— The Director, under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, shall have primary responsibility for the preparation, conduct, and management of United States participation in all international negotiations and implementation fora in the field of arms control and disarmament and shall have primary responsibility, whenever directed by the President, for the preparation, conduct, and management of United States participation in international negotiations and implementation fora in the field of nonproliferation. In furtherance of these responsibilities, Special Representatives of the President appointed pursuant to section 27, shall, as directed by the President, serve as the United States Government representatives to international organizations, conferences, and activities relating to the field of nonproliferation, such as the preparations for and conduct of the review relating to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. “(b) Functions With Respect to the United States Information Agency.— The Director shall perform functions pursuant to section 2(c) of the Reorganization Plan 8 of 1953 with respect to providing to the United States Information Agency official United States positions and policy on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters for dissemination abroad. “(c) Authority.— The Director is authorized— 108 STAT. 495 “(1) for the purpose of conducting negotiations concerning arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament or for the purpose of exercising any other authority given him by this Act— “(A) to consult and communicate with, or to direct the consultation and communication with, representatives of other nations or of international organizations, and “(B) to communicate in the name of the Secretary of State with diplomatic representatives of the United States in the United States or abroad; “(2) to formulate plans and make preparations for the establishment, operation, and funding of inspections and control systems which may become part of the United States arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities; and “(3) as authorized by law, to put into effect, direct, or otherwise assume United States responsibility for such systems.”.