PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-487 (A) PRIMARY ROLE.— Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Assistant Secretary, or his designee, shall participate in all interagency groups or organizations within the executive branch of Government that assess, analyze, or review United States planiied or ongoing policies, programs, or actions that have a direct bearing on verification or compliance matters, including interagency intelligence committees concerned with the development or exploitation of measurement or sig:nals intelligence or other national technical means of verification. (B) REQUIREMENT FOR DESIGNATION. — Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to groups or organizations on which the Secretary of State or the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security sits, unless such official designates the Assistant Secretary to attend in his stead. (C) NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITATION.— (i) WAIVER BY PRESIDENT.— The President may waive the provisions of subparagraph (A) if inclusion of the Assistant Secretary would not be in the national security interests of the United States. (ii) WAIVER BY OTHERS. —With respect to an interagency group or organization, or meeting thereof, working with exceptionally sensitive information contained in compartments under the control of the Director of Central Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Energy, such Director or Secretary, as the case may be, may waive the provision of subparagraph (A) if inclusion of the Assistant Secretary would not be in th<j national security interests of the United States. (iii) TRANSMISSION OF WAIVER TO CONGRESS.— Any waiver of participation under clause (i) or (ii) shall be transmitted in writing to the appropriate committees of Congress. (3) RELATIONSHIP TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.— The Assistant Secretary shall be the principal policy community representative to the intelligence community on verification and compliance matters. (4) REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES. —^ The Assistant Secretary shall have responsibility within the Department of State for— (A) all reports required pursuant to section 306 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2577); (B) so much of the report required under paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 403(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)(4) through (6)) as relates to verification or compliance matters; and (C) other reports being prepared by the Department of State as of the date of enactment of this Act relating to arms control, nonproliferation,, or disarmament verification or compliance matters. SEC. 1113. ENHANCED ANNUAL ("PELL") REPORT. (a) ANNUAL REPORT. —Section 403(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)—
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