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 91 STAT. 872

PUBLIC LAW 95-108—AUG. 17, 1977 Congress, on a timely basis, or upon a request by an appropriate committee of the Congress— "(1) in the case of each element of any significant arms control proposal made to a foreign country by the United States, or made to the United States by a foreign country, the determination of the Director as to the degree to which such element can be verified by existing national technical means; "(2) in the case of any arms control agreement or treaty that has entered into force, any significant degradation or alteration in the capacity of the United States to verify the various components of such agreement or treaty; "(3) the number of professional personnel assigned to arms control verification on a full-time basis by each Government agency; and "(4) the amount and percentage of research funds expended by the Agency for the purpose of analyzing issues relating to arms control verification. "(b) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the Director shall assume that all measures of concealment not expressly prohibited could be employed and that standard practices could be altered so as to impede verification. "(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the disclosure of sensitive information relating to intelligence sources or methods or persons employed in the verification of compliance with arms control agreements.". GENERAL

Personnel. 22 USC 2581. 5 USC 101 et seq.

5 USC 5101. 5 USC 5331. 5 USC 5332 note.

Review.

AUTHORITY

SEC. 5. (a) Section 41(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is amended to read as follows: "(b) appoint officers and employees, including attorneys, for the Agency in accordance with the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, and fix their compensation in accordance with chapter 51 and with subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments of 1977, the Director may, to the extent he deems necessary to the discharge of his responsibilities, appoint and fix the compensation of officers and emplovees for the Agency without regard to such provisions, subject to the following requirements: "(1) an officer or employee whose compensation is fixed under the foregoing exception may not be paid a salary at a rate in excess of the rate payable under such chapter 51 and such subchapter III for positions of equivalent difficulty or responsibility except for (A) those officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by law, and (B) scientific and technical personnel who may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule; "(2) the Director shall make adequate provision for administrative review of any determination to suspend or dismiss any officer or employee appointed under the foregoing exception; and "(3) an officer or employee of the Agency serving under a career or career conditional appointment on the date of enactment of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments of 1977 may not be involuntarily deprived, while employed by the Agency,

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