; (B) invest any amount transferred under section 401(a)(31)(B)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in United States Treasury securities; (C) upon application filed by the participant or beneficiary in such form and manner as may be prescribed in regulations, pay to the participant or beneficiary the amount transferred (or the appropriate survivor benefit) either— (i) in a single sum (plus interest); or (ii) in such other form as is specified in regulations; and (D) identify such amount as eligible to be paid into an eligible retirement plan described in section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) Option to contract The Director of the Retirement Savings Lost and Found shall conduct an analysis of the cost effectiveness of contracting with a third party to carry out the responsibilities under paragraph (1) and, if the Director determines that it would be more cost effective to do so than to carry out such responsibilities within the Office of the Retirement Savings Lost and Found, the Director shall report to the Committees on Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives the intention to so contract. (3) Option to prescribe protocols The Director of the Retirement Savings Lost and Found may establish protocols to assist participants originally treated as lost or missing in claiming their benefits under a plan. (4) Coordination The Director of the Retirement Savings Lost and Found shall coordinate with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and other applicable agencies to integrate information and databases on lost, missing, and inactive participants.