; or (ii) an institution of higher education that is not a historically Black college or university or a minority-serving institution and be an active participant in a minority serving organization of such institution. (c) Direct hire authority If an individual who receives an offer of employment under subsection (a)(3) accepts such offer, the Secretary shall appoint, without regard to provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code (except for section 3328 of such title), such individual to the position specified in such offer. (d) Reports (1) Reports Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Program. (2) Matters Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the most recent year, the following: (A) A description of outreach efforts by the Secretary to raise awareness of the Program among institutions of higher education in which eligible individuals are enrolled. (B) Information on specific recruiting efforts conducted by the Secretary to increase participation in the Program. (C) The number of individuals participating in the Program, listed by the institution of higher education in which the individual is enrolled at the time of participation, and information on the nature of such participation, including on whether the duties of the individual under the Program relate primarily to intelligence or to cybersecurity. (D) The number of individuals who accepted an offer of employment under the Program and an identification of the element within the Department to which each individual was appointed. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives