shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing an assessment of whether, and the extent to which, the memoranda described in subsection (c) are being applied with respect to United States intelligence sharing with Israel (or other partners and allies of the United States) in connection with the conflict between Israel and Hamas. (b) Matters The report under subsection (a) shall include a description of the specific steps taken to implement the memoranda described in subsection (c), with a particular emphasis on such steps taken to mitigate civilian harm, including the targeting criteria set forth in section 3.E of the Presidential Policy Memorandum specified in paragraph (2) of such subsection. (c) Memoranda described The memoranda described in this subsection are the following: (1) The National Security Memorandum of October 6, 2022, titled National Security Memorandum/NSM–13 , or successor memorandum. (2) The Presidential Policy Memorandum signed in October, 2022, governing direct action counterterrorism operations outside areas of active hostilities, or successor memorandum. 7. Appropriate congressional committees defined In this Act, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the congressional intelligence committees, as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )