; and (2) an assessment of how Federal agencies are implementing the plan described in subsection (e)(5), and a description of the amount and number of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards made in support of the Program. 5. Advisory Committee (a) In general The President, acting through the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall designate or establish an advisory committee on engineering biology research and development (in this section referred to as the advisory committee ) to be composed of not fewer than 12 members, including representatives of research and academic institutions, industry, and nongovernmental entities, who are qualified to provide advice on the Program. (b) Assessment The advisory committee shall assess— (1) progress made in implementing the Program; (2) the need to revise the Program; (3) the balance of activities and funding across the Program; (4) whether the Program priorities and goals developed by the Interagency Committee are helping to maintain United States leadership in engineering biology; (5) the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the Program; and (6) whether ethical, legal, environmental, and other appropriate societal issues are adequately addressed by the Program. (c) Reports Beginning not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the advisory committee shall submit to the President, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report on— (1) the findings of the advisory committee’s assessment under subsection (b)