; (iii) the Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture; (iv) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (v) the Forest Service; (vi) the National Institute for Food and Agriculture; (vii) the United States Geological Survey; (viii) the Environmental Protection Agency; (ix) State and tribal agencies; (x) land grant university natural resource research programs; (xi) nongovernmental organizations with expertise in the full array of conservation issues and measurement and evaluation of conservation outcomes; and (xii) such other agencies, institutions, or organizations as the Secretary may determine appropriate. (B) FACA exemption The national technical committee shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (C) Transparency The Secretary shall ensure the proceedings and recommendations of the national technical committee are available to the public. (6) Voluntary participation In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that any on-farm monitoring activities that may be included as part of the monitoring and program evaluation process are voluntary on the part of the producer, and may include appropriate compensation, as determined by the Secretary. (c) Reporting (1) Report on objectives and methods Beginning in the fiscal year that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, and periodically thereafter, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report that includes— (A) a description of conservation outcome objectives that are, to the maximum extent practicable, quantitative, measurable, and time-bound for each program established under subtitle D or H of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the landscape conservation initiatives developed by the Secretary; (B) a description of the approaches, tools, and methods used to measure or model the conservation outcomes and results and to estimate the cost-effectiveness of each such program