; or (B) the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )). (7) (A) The Department of Defense; or (B) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security and America’s Security Affairs. (8) A State or regional energy agency. (9) A national research body or academic institution. (10) The National Laboratories. 5. Reports on the Program (a) Interim report Not later than 180 days after the date on which funds are first disbursed under the Program, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim report that— (1) describes the results of the Program; (2) includes an analysis of the feasibility of each method studied under the Program; and (3) describes the results of the evaluations conducted by the working group established under section 4(a). (b) Final report Not later than 2 years after the date on which funds are first disbursed under the Program, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a final report that— (1) describes the results of the Program; (2) includes an analysis of the feasibility of each method studied under the Program; and (3) describes the results of the evaluations conducted by the working group established under section 4(a). (c) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the congressional intelligence committees; (2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate ; and (3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives . 6. No new regulatory authority for Federal agencies Nothing in this Act authorizes the Director or the head of any other Federal agency to issue new regulations. 7. Exemption from disclosure Information shared by or with the Federal Government or a State, tribal, or local government under this Act shall be— (1) deemed to be voluntarily shared information