; regulations after projects ; (2) by striking A qualified entity and inserting the following: (a) Local control over demonstration projects A qualified entity ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Regulations Subject to subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2017 , the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to implement this title. The Secretary may provide that any such regulation takes effect on the date of promulgation, but the Secretary shall accept and consider public comments for 60 days after such date. . 11. Annual progress reports (a) In general Section 412(b) is amended by striking subsection (a) to and all that follows and inserting subsection (a) to the Secretary. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to reports submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 12. Sanctions (a) In general Section 413 is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b)(5) to read as follows: (5) if, by the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the termination, the Secretary has not found a qualified entity (or entities) described in paragraph (3), shall— (A) make every effort to identify, without conducting a competition (unless the Secretary determines that conducting a competition would be feasible and appropriate), another qualified entity (or entities), in the same or a different community, willing and able to conduct one or more demonstration projects under this title that may differ from the project being terminated; (B) in identifying a qualified entity (or entities) under subparagraph (A), give priority to qualified entities that— (i) are participating in demonstration projects conducted under this title; (ii) have waiting lists for participants in such demonstration projects