Sec. 1311. REPORT CONCERNING PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS

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## SEC. 1311 REPORT CONCERNING PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS ###

(a)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing— ####

(1)an assessment of whether the global trade in small arms poses any proliferation problems, including— #####

(A)estimates of the numbers and sources of licit and illicit small arms and light arms in circulation and their origins; #####

(B)the challenges associated with monitoring small arms; and #####

(C)the political, economic, and security dimensions of this issue, and the threats posed, if any, by these weapons to United States interests, including national security interests; ####

(2)an assessment of whether the export of small arms of the type sold commercially in the United States should be considered a foreign policy or proliferation issue; ####

(3)a description and analysis of the adequacy of current Department of State activities to monitor and, to the extent possible, ensure adequate control of, both the licit and illicit manufacture, transfer, and proliferation of small arms and light weapons, including efforts to survey and assess this matter with respect to Africa and to survey and assess the scope and scale of the issue, including stockpile security and destruction of excess inventory, in NATO and Partnership for Peace countries; ####

(4)a description of the impact of the reorganization of the Department of State made by the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 on the transfer of functions relating to monitoring, licensing, analysis, and policy on small arms and light weapons, including— #####

(A)the integration of and the functions relating to small arms and light weapons of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency with those of the Department of State; #####

(B)the functions of the Bureau of Arms Control, the Bureau of Nonproliferation, the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, regional bureaus, and any other relevant bureau or office of the Department of State, including the allocation of personnel and funds, as they pertain to small arms and light weapons; #####

(C)the functions of the regional bureaus of the Department of State in providing information and policy coordination in bilateral and multilateral settings on small arms and light weapons; #####

(D)the functions of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security pertaining to small arms and light weapons; and #####

(E)the functions of the scientific and policy advisory board on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament pertaining to small arms and light weapons; and ####

(5)an assessment of whether foreign governments are enforcing their own laws concerning small arms and light weapons import and sale, including commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials or other relevant international agreements. ###

(b)Definition In this section, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.