; (2) notify the agency; and (3) request that the agency comply before the agency finalizes the major rule concerned. (c) Annual statements to Congress on agency compliance The Administrator shall submit to Congress, including the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives, an annual written report that, for the 1-year period preceding the report— (1) details compliance by each agency with the requirements of this title that relate to major rules for which a regulatory impact analysis is required by section 202, including activities undertaken at the request of the Administrator to improve compliance; and (2) contains an appendix detailing compliance by each agency with section 204. . 6. Initiation of rulemaking The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 209 ( 2 U.S.C. 1531 note) as section 210; and (2) by inserting after section 208 ( 2 U.S.C. 1548 ) the following: 209. Initiation of rulemaking for major rules When an agency determines to initiate a rulemaking that may result in a major rule, the agency shall— (1) establish an electronic docket for that rulemaking, which may have a physical counterpart; and (2) publish a notice of initiation of rulemaking in the Federal Register, which shall— (A) briefly describe the subject and objectives of, and the problem to be solved by, the major rule; (B) refer to the legal authority under which the major rule would be proposed, including the specific statutory provision that authorizes the rulemaking; (C) invite interested persons to propose alternatives and other ideas regarding how best to accomplish the objectives of the agency in the most effective manner; (D) indicate how interested persons may submit written material for the docket