; and (ii) sitting for a bar examination in a State. (C) Agreements The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with each participant in the pilot program who will receive benefits described in subparagraph (A), in accordance with such section. (D) Commitment An agreement described in subparagraph (C) shall include a requirement that the participant will remain in the service of the Department for a period of not less than three years, unless involuntarily separated, in accordance with subsection (c) of such section. (4) Professional development activities (A) Assignment of mentors Not later than 90 days after the date on which an individual begins participating in the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall assign the participant a mentor who is a managerial employee of the Department outside the participant's chain of command. (B) Assignments to Office of General Counsel (i) In general The Secretary shall provide each participant in the pilot program at least one assignment within the Office of General Counsel of the Department that includes full-time legal responsibilities in order to further the professional development of the participant. (ii) Period of assignment An assignment provided under clause (i) shall be for a period of not less than 120 days and not more than 180 days, or longer at the discretion of the Secretary. (C) Other rotational assignments (i) In general The Secretary may provide a participant in the pilot program one or more other short-term rotational assignments. (ii) Period of assignment An assignment provided under clause (i) shall be for a period of not less than 30 days and not more than 180 days, at the discretion of the Secretary. (d) Periodic reports (1) Reports required Not later than three years after the date on which the Secretary first accepts a participant into the honors program carried out under subsection (c)(1) and not less frequently than once every three years thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the