; (II) no new position may be established at the Department; (III) no officer or employee of the Department may be assigned any duties not assigned to that employee in the preceding fiscal year; and (IV) no officer or employee of the Department may be transferred to a duty station other than the duty station applicable to such officer or employee in the preceding fiscal year. (ii) Exception for first year In a case in which the Secretary fails to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A) in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the hiring freeze described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (i) shall take effect beginning on October 1 of the second succeeding fiscal year. (c) Termination of hiring freeze Any hiring freeze described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) for a fiscal year shall be terminated on the date on which the Secretary of Education notifies the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate that any unobligated funds that have been reserved under section 4103(a)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7113(a)(3) ) for the preceding fiscal year have been awarded under this section to eligible entities. (d) Reporting requirements (1) Report On the day when the Secretary establishes an announcement of a grant application process under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of Education shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate an accompanying report on the efforts of the Department of Education to— (A) create a streamlined grant application process under this section