Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§2578 Negotiating Records
Title 22 › Chapter 35— ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › Subchapter III— FUNCTIONS › § 2578
Summary
The Secretary of State must keep records for every arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreement the U.S. negotiated or had in force on or after January 1, 1990. These records, classified or unclassified (drafts, notes, cables, correspondence, etc.), must fully document all communications between the parties and be kept as paper copies and on magnetic media.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2578
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(a)The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain records for each arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreement to which the United States is a party and which was under negotiation or in force on or after January 1, 1990, which shall include classified and unclassified materials such as instructions and guidance, position papers, reporting cables and memoranda of conversation, working papers, draft texts of the agreement, diplomatic notes, notes verbal, and other internal and external correspondence.
(b)In particular, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a negotiating and implementation record for each such agreement, which shall be comprehensive and detailed, and shall document all communications between the parties with respect to such agreement. Such records shall be maintained both in hard copy and magnetic media.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2578, Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 38, as added Pub. L. 100–213, § 3(b), Dec. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 1445; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324, related to reports on activities of Standing Consultative Commission, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 704(2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492.
Amendments
1998—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(A), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(12)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In order to implement effectively this section, the Director shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 6511 of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2578
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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