; and (2) upon request, providing feedback to HBCUs, to the maximum extent practicable, after a grant rejection in order to improve future grant applications, as appropriate. 9. Congressional briefing Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding— (1) the implementation of existing partnerships and programs between relevant Federal departments and agencies and HBCUs and efforts to expand such partnerships and programs; (2) efforts to strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to participate, or to be eligible to participate, in relevant programs and initiatives; (3) any progress made towards— (A) advancing plans to develop partnerships or programs and initiatives with HBCUs that are not engaged in existing partnerships with relevant Federal departments and agencies; and (B) identifying plans in which an HBCU may participate; and (4) any other information that relevant Federal departments and agencies determine is relevant to promoting opportunities to fund, partner, contract, or otherwise interact with HBCUs.