Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, 22 U.S.C. § 2551, was chartered to amend the Arms Export Control Act enacting the transfer of Soviet military armaments and ordnances to NATO marking the conclusion of the Cold War. The Act sanctions the Soviet nuclear arsenal displacement shall be in conjunction with the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. It funds the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program. The United States legislation was passed by the 102nd Congress and enacted by U.S. President George H. W. Bush on 12 December 1991.
Provisions of the Act The Act was penned as four titles with the principal titles as Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation Act of 1991 and Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991.
Title I : Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation Act of 1991 Authority to transfer certain Conventional Forces in Europe treaty-limited equipment to NATO members Chapter 9 Transfer of Certain CFE Treaty-Limited Equipment to NATO Members Purpose of this chapter is to authorize the President to support, consistent with the CFE Treaty, a NATO equipment transfer program that will — (1) Enhance NATO's forces (2) Increase NATO standardization and interoperability (3) Better distribute defense burdens within the NATO alliance President may transfer to any NATO/Conventional Forces in Europe country, in accordance with NATO plans, defense articles — (1) Battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, or artillery included within the CFE Treaty's definition of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty (2) As of the date of signature of the CFE Treaty, in the stocks of the Department of Defense and located in the CFE Treaty's area of application (3) President determines military articles are not needed by United States military forces within the CFE Treaty's area of application Notifications and Reports To Congress (a) Not less than fifteen days before transferring any defense articles, the President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relation of the Senate in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (b) Not later than February 1 each year, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate an annual report. (1) lists all transfers made to each recipient NATO/CFE country by the United States under during the preceding calendar year (2) describes how those transfers further the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Chapter 9 Transfer of Certain CFE Treaty-Limited Equipment to NATO members (3) lists, on a country-by-country basis, all transfers to another country of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty
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