; and (2) ensuring, through the agencies and departments that participate in the Program, that public input and outreach are integrated into the Program by the convening of regular and ongoing public discussions through mechanisms such as citizen panels, consensus conferences, and educational events, as appropriate. (e) Interagency committee The President, acting through the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall designate an interagency committee on engineering biology, which shall include representatives from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other agency that the President considers appropriate (in this section referred to as the interagency committee ). The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall select a chairperson from among the members of the Interagency Committee. The Interagency Committee shall oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Program. The Interagency Committee shall— (1) provide for interagency coordination of Federal engineering biology research, development, and other activities undertaken pursuant to the Program; (2) establish and periodically update goals and priorities for the Program; (3) develop, not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and update every 5 years, a strategic plan that— (A) guides the activities of the Program for purposes of meeting the goals and priorities established under (and updated pursuant to) paragraph (2); and (B) describes— (i) the Program’s support for long-term funding for interdisciplinary engineering biology research and development; (ii) the Program’s support for education and public outreach activities; (iii) the Program’s support for research and other activities on ethical, legal, environmental, and other appropriate societal issues related to engineering biology