The pay-for-outcome basis described in this paragraph is a performance-based grant, contract, or cooperative agreement awarded in the form of a commitment to provide payments that is contingent on improved outcomes resulting in a social benefit to the public and in direct cost savings or cost avoidance to the United States Government. (C) Requirements for pay-for-outcome funding The Administrator may only provide assistance under subparagraph (A) to an initiative that includes the following: (i) A detailed implementation plan describing how the proposed pay-for-outcome initiative is based on evidence supporting an expectation of improved effectiveness. (ii) A rigorous, independent, third-party evaluation, using experimental or quasi-experimental design or other quantitative research methodologies, that allows for the strongest possible causal inferences, when random assignment is not feasible, to determine whether the initiative has achieved the proposed improvement in outcomes. (D) Limitation on availability of funding Any payments provided to an initiative pursuant to the authorization under subparagraph (A) may only be made available for expenditure for not more than 5 years after the date on which such payments are first made available. (g) Reports (1) Report required Not later than 2 years after the date of the publication of the strategy required under subsection (c) , and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and make publicly available, a report describing the implementation of the strategy. (2) Information included in report The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A summary and evaluation of progress made to achieve the objectives described in subsection (b) , including the goal to end preventable child and maternal deaths, and the progress made toward achieving the goal of reducing life threatening morbidity and mortality for at least 15,000,000 children and at least 600,000 women. (B) A description of the nature