; and (II) the alien shall receive written notification of such decision as soon as practicable. (iv) Effect of non-approval If the supervisor determines that the grant is not warranted, the alien shall be referred for protection merits removal proceedings under section 240D. (C) Special rules Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (i) if an alien’s application for asylum is approved pursuant to subparagraph (B)(iii), the asylum officer may not issue an order of removal; and (ii) if an alien’s application for withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) or for withholding or deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture is approved pursuant to subparagraph (B)(iii), the asylum officer shall issue a corresponding order of removal. (D) Biannual report The Director shall submit a biannual report to the relevant committees of Congress that includes, for the relevant period— (i) the number of cases described in subparagraph (A) that were referred to a supervisor pursuant to subparagraph (B), disaggregated by asylum office; (ii) the number of cases described in clause (i) that were approved subsequent to the referral to a supervisor pursuant to subparagraph (B); (iii) the number of cases described in clause (i) that were not approved subsequent to the referral to a supervisor pursuant to subparagraph (B); (iv) a summary of the benefits for which any aliens described in subparagraph (A) were considered amenable and whose cases were referred to a supervisor pursuant to subparagraph (B), disaggregated by case outcome referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii); (v) a description of any anomalous case outcomes for aliens described in subparagraph (A) whose cases were referred to a supervisor pursuant subparagraph (B)