Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961

The Arms Control and Disarmament Act established the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4730886.1961.001.umich.edu/page/486 |title=Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Proposing the Establishment of a United States Disarmament Agency - June 29, 1961 |last=Kennedy |first=John F. |date=June 29, 1961 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=486–488}} The U.S. federal organization developed the formulation and implementation of the United States arms control and disarmament policy. The agency provided information and recommendations with regards to U.S. economic, foreign, and national security policies to executive and legislative officials of the United States government.{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235982 |title=John F. Kennedy: "Executive Order 11044 - Interagency Coordination of Arms Control and Disarmament Matters," August 20, 1962 |author1=Peters,Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California - Santa Barbara}}

The Act established several core functions for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency;

• Conduct, coordinate, and support the research of the formulation for the arms control and disarmament policy.
• Management and preparation of the United States participation in international negotiations for the arms control and disarmament peace process.
• Coordination and dissemination of United States public information concerning arms control and disarmament policy.
• Operation and preparation, as appropriate, for the United States participation in control systems of domestic and international arms control and disarmament activities.

The federal statute was penned as four titles created as Chapter 35 within Title 22 which defines the United States foreign policies for international relations and intercourse records.

:22 U.S.C. § 2551 ~ Purpose of Act

:22 U.S.C. § 2552 ~ Definitions of Act

:22 U.S.C. § 2561 ~ Establishment of agency

:22 U.S.C. § 2562 ~ Director

:22 U.S.C. § 2563 ~ Deputy Director

:22 U.S.C. § 2564 ~ Assistant Directors

:22 U.S.C. § 2565 ~ Bureaus, Offices, and Divisions

:22 U.S.C. § 2566 ~ General Advisory Committee

:22 U.S.C. § 2571 ~ Research

:22 U.S.C. § 2572 ~ Patents

:22 U.S.C. § 2573 ~ Policy formulation

:22 U.S.C. § 2574 ~ Negotiations and related functions

:22 U.S.C. § 2575 ~ Coordination

:22 U.S.C. § 2581 ~ General authority

:22 U.S.C. § 2582 ~ Foreign Service Reserve and staff officers

:22 U.S.C. § 2583 ~ Contracts or expenditures

:22 U.S.C. § 2584 ~ Conflict of interest and dual compensation laws

:22 U.S.C. § 2585 ~ Security requirements

:22 U.S.C. § 2586 ~ Comptroller General audit

:22 U.S.C. § 2587 ~ Transfer of activities and facilities to agency

:22 U.S.C. § 2588 ~ Use of funds

:22 U.S.C. § 2589 ~ Appropriation

:22 U.S.C. § 2590 ~ Report to Congress

Chronological timeline of authorizations for U.S. Congressional legislation related to United States arms control and disarmament provisions.

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:{{cite web |url=https://stock.periscopefilm.com/71972-1983-nuclear-arms-control-regime-film-nuclear-safeguards/ |title=71972 1983 Nuclear Arms Control Regime Film / Nuclear Safeguards |year=1983 |website=Periscope Film |publisher=U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency}}

• {{cite web |url=https://1997-2001.state.gov/www/global/arms |title=Arms Control and International Security |publisher=U.S. Department of State |accessdate=21 September 2013}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4730960.1965.001.umich.edu/page/n126 |title=Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Continuing the Agency for Arms Control and Disarmament - January 15, 1965 |last=Johnson |first=Lyndon B. |date=January 15, 1965 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=51–52}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4730960.1965.001.umich.edu/page/590 |title=Remarks at the Signing of the Bill Extending the Arms Control and Disarmament Act - May 27, 1965 |last=Johnson |first=Lyndon B. |date=May 27, 1965 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=590–591}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4731549.1966.002.umich.edu/page/1063 |title=Statement by the President on the Fifth Anniversary of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act - September 24, 1966 |last=Johnson |first=Lyndon B. |date=September 24, 1966 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |page=1063}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732130.1977.002.umich.edu/page/1480 |title=Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments of 1977: Statement on Signing H.R. 6179 Into Law - August 18, 1977 |last=Carter |first=Jimmy E. |date=August 18, 1977 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |page=1480}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732328.1983.002.umich.edu/page/1141 |title=Announcement on Measures To Strengthen the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - August 10, 1983 |last=Reagan |first=Ronald W. |date=August 10, 1983 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |page=1141}}
• {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732408.1989.002.umich.edu/page/1681 |title=Statement on Signing the Arms Control and Disarmament Amendments Act of 1989 - December 11, 1989 |last=Bush |first=George H.W. |date=December 11, 1989 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=1681–1682}}

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