Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961

Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961
Long title	An Act to establish a United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Nicknames	Arms Control and Disarmament Act
Enacted by	the 87th United States Congress
Effective	September 26, 1961
Citations
Public law	87-297
Statutes at Large	75 Stat. 631
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 2551
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 9118 by Thomas E. Morgan (D-PA) on September 12, 1961; Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations; Passed the Senate on September 8, 1961 (73–14, in lieu of S. 2180); Passed the House on September 19, 1961 (290–54); Reported by the joint conference committee on September 23, 1961; agreed to by the House on September 23, 1961 (253–50) and by the Senate on agreed ; Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 26, 1961;

The Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2551, was created to establish a governing body for the control and reduction of apocalyptic armaments with regards to protect a world from the burdens of armaments and the scourge of war.

The Act was passed by the 87th Congress and signed by the President John F. Kennedy on September 26, 1961.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Provisions of the Act

The Arms Control and Disarmament Act established the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).^[4] 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.^[5]

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.

Titles of the Act

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.

Title I — Short Title, Purpose, and Definitions

22 U.S.C. § 2551 ~ Purpose of Act

22 U.S.C. § 2552 ~ Definitions of Act

Title II — Organization

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

Title III — Functions

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

Title IV — General Provisions

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

Amendments to 1961 Act

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

Date of Enactment	Public Law Number	U.S. Statute Citation	U.S. Legislative Bill	U.S. Presidential Administration
November 26, 1963	P.L. 88-186	77 Stat. 341	S. 777	Lyndon B. Johnson
May 22, 1965	P.L. 89-27	79 Stat. 117	H.R. 2998	Lyndon B. Johnson
May 23, 1968	P.L. 90-314	82 Stat. 129	H.R. 14940	Lyndon B. Johnson
May 12, 1970	P.L. 91-246	84 Stat. 207	S. 3544	Richard M. Nixon
July 8, 1974	P.L. 93-332	88 Stat. 289	H.R. 12799	Richard M. Nixon
August 17, 1977	P.L. 95-108	91 Stat. 871	H.R. 6179	Jimmy E. Carter
December 2, 1983	P.L. 98-202	97 Stat. 1381	H.R. 2906	Ronald W. Reagan
December 24, 1987	P.L. 100-213	101 Stat. 1444	H.R. 2689	Ronald W. Reagan
December 11, 1989	P.L. 101-216	103 Stat. 1853	H.R. 1495	George H.W. Bush