; (C) designate mission-critical operations within the Department that should be excluded from the pilot program; (D) consult with the Attorney General on how to ensure that computer security specialists and security researchers who participate in the pilot program are protected from prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, and similar laws for specific activities authorized under the pilot program; (E) consult with the relevant offices at the Department of Defense that were responsible for launching the 2016 Hack the Pentagon pilot program and subsequent similar programs at the Department of Defense; (F) award competitive contracts as necessary to manage the pilot program and for executing the remediation of vulnerabilities identified as a consequence of the pilot program; and (G) engage interested persons, to include commercial sector representatives, about the structure of the pilot program as constructive and to the extent practicable. (c) Report Not later than 90 days after the date on which the pilot program is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the pilot program, which shall include— (1) the number of computer security researchers who registered, were approved, submitted security vulnerabilities, and received monetary compensation; (2) the number and severity of previously unidentified vulnerabilities reported as part of the pilot program; (3) the number of previously unidentified security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of the pilot program; (4) the average length of time between the reporting of security vulnerabilities and remediation of the vulnerabilities; (5) the average amount of money paid per unique vulnerability submitted and the total amount of money paid to security researchers under the pilot program