97th Congress JOINT COMMITTEE PRINT FISCAL YEAR 1982 ARMS CONTROL Statements Submitted to the Congress by the FEBRUARY 1981 Printed for the use of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Foreign 72-434 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1981 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts DAN MICA, Florida MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland GEORGE W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut MERVYN M. DYMALLY, California WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California ARLEN ERDAHL, Minnesota JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Chief of Staff COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland EDWARD G. SANDERS, Staff Director (II) FOREWORD This volume contains the fiscal year 1982 arms control impact statements (ACIS) submitted to the Congress by the Carter administration as stipulated by Public Law 95-338. This submission represents the first time since enactment of Public Law 95-338 in 1975 that the ACIS report has been submitted as required together with the fiscal year 1982 defense budget request. The fiscal year 1982 ACIS submitted to the Congress are generally well written, informative, and sufficiently analytical to provide useful insights into the arms control implications of major weapons programs, as was envisioned by the Congress in 1975. The timely submission and quality of this report should contribute to better congressional and executive branch decisionmaking regarding the potential impact of defense programs on the future direction of our country's national security and arms control policies. Two innovations included in this year's joint committee print reflect congressional interest in improving not only the quality of this document but also its usefulness. The first is a digest of the arms control impact statements, prepared by the Congressional Research Service, which summarizes the 12 statements for easy reference. The second is a glossary of pertinent terms and acronyms. We look forward to further congressional and executive branch cooperation in fulfilling the requirements of Public Law 95-338 in future years. The views and analysis expressed in the following arms control impact statements are those of the executive branch and not necessarily those of the members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs. CHARLES H. PERCY, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations. (III) |