; (2) current market barriers to commercialization of engineering biology products, processes, and tools in the United States; (3) progress made in implementing the Initiative; (4) the need to revise the Initiative; (5) the balance of activities and funding across the Initiative; (6) whether the strategic plan developed or updated by the interagency committee established under section 5 is helping to maintain United States leadership in engineering biology; (7) the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the Initiative; and (8) whether ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and other appropriate societal issues are adequately addressed by the Initiative. (c) Reports Beginning not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 3 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); and (2) the advisory committee’s recommendations for ways to improve the Initiative. (d) Application of Federal Advisory Committee Act Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Committee. 7. External review of ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and societal issues (a) In general Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review, and make recommendations with respect to, the ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and other appropriate societal issues related to engineering biology research and development. The review shall include— (1) an assessment of the current research on such issues