; and (ii) should be focused on short-term and multiyear goals. (D) Briefings The Ambassador-at-Large of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking and all appropriate regional Assistant Secretaries shall make themselves available to brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate , the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate , the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives , and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives on the implementation of each action plan prepared under this paragraph. (E) Savings provision Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as modifying— (i) minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking under section 108; or (ii) the actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards under this section or the criteria for placement on the Special Watch List under paragraph (2). . 7. Communication with governments of countries designated as Tier 2 Watch List countries on the Trafficking in Persons report (a) In general Not less than annually, the Secretary of State shall provide, to the foreign minister of each country that has been downgraded to a Tier 2 Watch List country pursuant to the Trafficking in Persons report submitted under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b) )— (1) a copy of the annual Trafficking in Persons report; and (2) information pertinent to that country’s downgrade, including— (A) confirmation of the country’s designation to the Tier 2 Watch List; (B) the implications associated with such designation and the consequences for the country of a downgrade to Tier 3; (C) the factors that contributed to the downgrade