; and (4) any other area the Secretary determines necessary to ensure the success of universal certification recognition. (d) Auditing (1) In general The Secretary shall periodically audit States and recipients to ensure that such States are recognizing a certification issued by another State to a business recognizing such business as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise or ACDBE without further procedures. (2) Use of information The findings of the audits under paragraph (1) shall inform any updates to the regulations that the Secretary issues under this section. (e) Compliance In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to update parts 23 and 26 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to make clear that a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program or ACDBE program of a recipient is not in compliance with this section unless such recipient’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program or ACDBE program recognizes a certification issued by another State to a business recognizing such business as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise or ACDBE without further procedures and meets any standards established by the Secretary under subsection (c). 12. Incentives for excellence in Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs and ACDBE programs (a) Establishment of excellence awards Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an awards program that recognizes recipients that have excellent Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs or ACDBE programs. (b) Annual awards The Secretary shall on an annual basis review recipients’ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs or ACDBE programs and recognize certain recipients that have excellent Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs or ACDBE programs through the awards program under subsection (a). (c) Criteria for awards In carrying out the awards program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the following criteria: (1) How high the Disadvantaged Business