local government application submitted under subsection (a). (2) Aggregate restriction Of the total amount appropriated under section 408, the lead agency may not use more than $5,000,000 to provide feasibility study funding to States or local governments under this section. (e) Submission of feasibility study required Not later than 6 months after the receipt of feasibility study funding under this section, a State or local government receiving such funding shall complete the feasibility study and submit the study to the Council. 405. Evaluations (a) Contract Authority For each State or local government awarded a social impact bond project approved by the lead agency under this title, the head of the relevant agency, as determined by the Council, shall enter into a contract with such State or local government to pay, from the amount made available under section 408, for an independent evaluation to determine whether the State or local government project has met an outcome specified in the contract at the appropriate quantitative level in order for the State or local government to receive outcome payments under this title. (b) Evaluator Qualifications The head of the relevant agency may not enter into a contract with a State or local government unless the head determines that the entity that will serve as the independent evaluator is independent of the other parties to the contract and has demonstrated substantial experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials on the intervention or similar interventions. (c) Methodologies To Be Used The evaluation used to determine whether a State or local government will receive outcome payments under this title shall use experimental designs using random assignment or other research methodologies that allow for the strongest possible causal inferences when random assignment is not feasible. (d) Progress Report (1) Submission of report The independent evaluator shall— (A) not