---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2595a"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2595a"
heading: "Policy coordination concerning implementation of on-site inspection provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2595a"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Arms Control and Disarmament"
  - "Subchapter V — On-Site Inspection Activities"
---

# §2595a. Policy coordination concerning implementation of on-site inspection provisions

- (a) **Interagency coordination—** [OSIA](/usc/22/2595c.md?p=2) should receive policy guidance which is formulated through an interagency mechanism established by the President.
- (b) **Role of Secretary of Defense—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Defense should provide to [OSIA](/usc/22/2595c.md?p=2) appropriate policy guidance formulated through the interagency mechanism described in [subsection (a)](#a) and operational direction, consistent with [section 113(b) of title 10](/usc/10/113.md?p=b).
- (c) **Role of Secretary of State—** The Secretary of State should provide to the interagency mechanism described in [subsection (a)](#a) appropriate recommendations for policy guidance to [OSIA](/usc/22/2595c.md?p=2) consistent with sections [2551(3)](/usc/22/2551.md) and [2574(b)](/usc/22/2574.md?p=b) of this title.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–297, title V, § 502, formerly § 62, as added Pub. L. 101–216, title II, § 201, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1855; renumbered § 502 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(18), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–772.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(18), in heading substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director” and in text substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director” and “2551(3) and 2574(b)” for “2551(d), 2562, and 2574(c)”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment 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.