MODERNIZING THE BUREAU OF ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE AND THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION.

SEC. 9101. MODERNIZING THE BUREAU OF ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE AND THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Secretary should take steps to address staffing shortfalls in the chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons issue areas in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance and in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; (2) maintaining a fully staffed and resourced Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance and Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is necessary to effectively confront the threat of increased global proliferation; and (3) the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, should increase efforts and dedicate resources to combat the dangers posed by the People’s Republic of China’s conventional and nuclear build- up, the Russian Federation’s tactical nuclear weapons and new types of nuclear weapons, bioweapons proliferation, dual use of life sciences research, and chemical weapons.