(2) Participation of the Assistant Secretary
(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 planned 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 signals 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 the 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.
(4) Reporting responsibilities The Assistant Secretary shall have responsibility within the Department of State for
(A) all reports required pursuant to section
2577 of this title;
(B) so much of the report required under paragraphs (4) through (6) of section
2593a (a) of this title as relates to verification or compliance matters;
(C) so much of the reports required under section
8003 of this title as relates to verification or compliance matters; and
(D) other reports being prepared by the Department of State as of November 29, 1999, relating to arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament verification or compliance matters.