; (3) by inserting after section 578 ( 42 U.S.C. 13663 ) the following: 579. Data collection (a) Applications (1) In general The Secretary shall require each public housing agency and owner to submit a report to the Secretary on an annual basis that contains the following information for the preceding 12-month reporting period: (A) The number of applications for admission to federally assisted housing or a federally assisted housing program reviewed by the public housing agency, including by the review panel of the public housing agency, or owner. (B) The number of applications for admission to federally assisted housing or a federally assisted housing program reviewed by the public housing agency, including by the review panel of the public housing agency, or owner for covered criminal conduct. (C) The number of denials of applications for admission to federally assisted housing or a federally assisted housing program rendered by the public housing agency or owner on the basis of covered criminal conduct. (D) The number of denials described in subparagraph (C) pursuant to which the applicant filed a request for informal review. (E) The number of denials described in subparagraph (C) that were overturned following informal review. (F) The information required under subparagraphs (A) through (E) disaggregated by the race of the applicant, the ethnicity of the applicant, the sex of the applicant, and whether the applicant had a disability as defined by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ). (2) Confidentiality The information collected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to the same confidentiality requirements of section 576(b)(2)(F) that are applicable to information gathered in the process of screening for criminal convictions. (b) Terminations The Secretary shall require each public housing agency and owner to submit a report to the Secretary on an annual basis that contains the following information for the preceding 12-month reporting period: (1) The number of terminations of