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 100 STAT. 4004 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress deplores and condemns the cold-blooded murder of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur D. Nicholson, Junior. It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should— (1) apologize for and renounce the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson; and (2) indemnify the family of Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson financially. SEC. 1369. DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSION ON MERCHANT MARINE AND DEFENSE

President of U.S.

The President shall appoint members of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense as required by section 1536(c)(1)(C) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 98 Stat. 2633), not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1370. AVAILABILITY OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION INFORMATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Section 602 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3282) is amended— (1) by inserting "the Department of Defense," in subsection (c) after "Department of State,"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall have access, on a timely basis, to all information regarding nuclear proliferation matters which the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Energy has or is entitled to have. Such access shall include access to all communications, materials, documents, and records relating to nuclear proliferation matters. "(2) This subsection does not apply to any intradepartmental document of the Department of State or the Department of Energy, or any portion of such document, that is solely concerned with internal, confidential advice on policy concerning the conduct of interagency deliberations on nuclear proliferation matters.". SEC. 1371. NUCLEAR WINTER STUDY AND REPORT

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive study on the atmospheric, climatic, biological, health, and environmental consequences of nuclear explosions and nuclear exchanges and the implications that such consequences have for the nuclear weapons, arms control, and civil defense policies of the United States. (b) REPORT.—Not later than November 1, 1987, the Secretary shall submit to the President and the Congress an unclassified report suitable for release to the public, with classified addenda if necessary, on the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall contain the following: (1) A detailed review and assessment of the findings in the current body of domestic and international scientific literature on the atmospheric, climatic, biological, health, and environ; mental consequences of nuclear explosions and nuclear exchanges. (2) A thorough evaluation of the implications that such findings have on—

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