; (4) the accountability mechanism should be independent of the line operations of management, and report its findings and recommendations directly to the Board of Directors of the Agency and annually to the Congress; (5) the annual report of the Agency should include a detailed accounting of the activities of the accountability mechanism for the year covered by the report and the remedial actions taken by the Agency in response to the findings of the accountability mechanism; (6) in coordination with the accountability mechanism, the Agency and relevant parties should engage in proactive outreach to communities affected or potentially affected by Agency financing and activities to provide information on the existence and availability of the accountability mechanism; (7) the President of the Agency should, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Agency, through an open and competitive process, including solicitation of input from relevant stakeholders, appoint a director of the accountability mechanism, who would be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the mechanism, and a panel of not less than 3 experts, including the director, who would also serve as chair of the panel; and (8) Agency employees should be ineligible to serve as the accountability mechanism chair or on the panel of experts until at least 5 years have elapsed from their time of employment at the Agency, and should be barred from future employment at the Agency after their tenure with the accountability mechanism. 108. Alternative procedures during quorum lapse (a) In general Section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 ( 12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (A) after (6)