; and (C) provide such other advice to the Director concerning substance use disorder treatment initiatives as the committee determines is appropriate. (2) Chair The Director shall designate one of the members of the Treatment Committee to serve as chair. (3) Meetings The members of the Treatment Committee shall meet, in person and not through any delegate or representative, at least once per calendar year, before March 1. At the call of the Director or the chair, the Treatment Committee may hold additional meetings, which shall be attended by the members in person, or through such delegates or representatives as the members may choose. (4) Report Not later than September 30 of each year, the chair of the Treatment Committee shall submit to the Director and to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the results of the meetings and any significant findings of the committee during the previous 12 months. Such report may include a classified annex. 1013. Critical information coordination (a) National drug control fusion center (1) Establishment The Director shall, in consultation with the head of each National Drug Control Program Agency, designate an agency to establish a National Drug Control Fusion Center (referred to in this section as the Center ). The Center shall operate under the authority of the Director and shall work with the National Drug Control Program Agencies to collect, compile, analyze, and facilitate the sharing of data on the use of illicit drugs, treatment for substance use disorder, and interdiction of illicit drugs. The Center shall be considered a statistical agency or unit , as that term is defined in section 502 of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 ( 44 U.S.C. 3501 note) and shall have the necessary independence to ensure any data or information acquired by an agency under a pledge of confidentiality and for exclusively statistical purposes is used exclusively for statistical purposes. (2) Center director There shall be at