Administrator shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the FAA’s response to the findings and recommendations of such report, what actions the FAA will take as a result of such findings and recommendations, and the FAA rationale for not taking action on any specific recommendation. 4. Report on validation program performance (a) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall evaluate the performance of the FAA’s type certificate validation program under bilateral agreements, with reference to agreed implementation procedures. (b) Contents The evaluation under subsection (a) shall consider, at minimum, the following: (1) Progress under section 243(a) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) with respect to improving the FAA’s leadership abroad. (2) Performance with reference to metrics such as the number and types of projects, timeline milestones, the validating authority level of involvement and certifying authority delegation, and trends relating to the repeated use of non-basic criteria to review systems or methods of compliance that have been validated previously in similar context. (3) Training on the minimum standards for validation work plan content, such as the validating authority level of involvement, and what constitutes justification for level of involvement and compliance document requests. (4) The perspectives of FAA employees responsible for type validation projects, bilateral civil aviation regulator partners, and industry applicants on the FAA’s performance in carrying out validation projects. (5) The levels of funding and staffing for the International Validation Branch compared to the Branch’s workload and goals. (6) The effectiveness of FAA training for employees and outreach conducted to improve and enforce validation processes. (7) Efforts undertaken to strengthen relationships with international certification authorities to maximize safety cooperation and the use of approvals issued by other