; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking In this section and inserting Except as otherwise explicitly provided, in this section ; and (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: (16) Department of State strategy for efficient processing of applications and appeals (A) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the head of any other relevant Federal agency, the appropriate committees of Congress, and civil society organizations (including legal advocates), shall develop a strategy to address applications pending at all steps of the special immigrant visa process under this section. (B) Elements The strategy required by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: (i) A review of current staffing levels and needs across all interagency offices and officials engaged in the special immigrant visa process under this section. (ii) An analysis of the expected Chief of Mission approvals and denials of applications in the pipeline in order to project the expected number of visas necessary to provide special immigrant status to all approved applicants under this Act during the several years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph. (iii) A plan for collecting and disaggregating data on— (I) individuals who have applied for special immigrant visas under this section