in the region in the near- to medium-term. (b) Form of assessment The assessment required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. IX Reports and other matters 901. Annual reports on worldwide threats (a) In general Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 108A the following new section: 108B. Annual reports on worldwide threats (a) Annual reports Not later than the first Monday in February 2021, and each year thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing an assessment of the intelligence community with respect to worldwide threats to the national security of the United States. (b) Form Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex only for the protection of intelligence sources and methods relating to the matters contained in the report. (c) Hearings (1) Open hearings Upon request by the appropriate congressional committees, the Director (and any other head of an element of the intelligence community determined appropriate by the committees in consultation with the Director) shall testify before such committees in an open setting regarding a report under subsection (a). (2) Closed hearings Any information that may not be disclosed during an open hearing under paragraph (1) in order to protect intelligence sources and methods may instead be discussed in a closed hearing that immediately follows such open hearing. (d) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the congressional intelligence committees