; (ii) recognizes the rights of victims of public corruption, ensures their access to justice, and takes steps to prevent victims from being further victimized or persecuted by corrupt actors, government officials, or others; and (iii) refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims of public corruption or whistleblowers due to such persons having assisted in exposing public corruption, and refrains from other discriminatory treatment of such persons; and (E) contain such other information relating to public corruption as the Secretary considers appropriate. (b) Identification After conducting the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the countries described in paragraph (1) of such subsection that are— (1) meeting minimum standards to combat public corruption; (2) not meeting minimum standards to combat public corruption but making significant efforts to do so; or (3) neither meeting minimum standards to combat public corruption nor making significant efforts to do so. (c) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make publicly available a report that identifies the countries described in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), including a description of the methodology and data utilized in the assessment under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identification. (d) Briefing in lieu of report The Secretary may waive the requirement to submit and make publicly available a written report under subsection (c) if the Secretary— (1) determines that publication of such report would— (A) undermine existing United States anti-corruption efforts in one or more countries; or (B) threaten the national interests of the United States