; and (7) other matters as the Comptroller General may deem appropriate. (b) Submission Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall— (1) brief the appropriate congressional committees on the review required by subsection (a); and (2) submit a final report upon completion of such review. (c) Recommendations implementation report Not later than one year after the date on which the report required by subsection (b)(2) is submitted, the Assistant Secretary and the Chief Information Officer shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on progress toward resolution of each recommendation made in the report required by such subsection and planned steps that will be taken to resolve each recommendation. 8. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act may be construed as an offer to procure a service or services or as a guarantee of a contract for such services. 9. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (2) the term “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; (3) except as otherwise provided, the term Bureau means the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department; (4) the term “Chief Information Officer” means the Chief Information Officer of the Bureau; (5) except as otherwise provided, the term Department means the Department of State; (6) the term passport issuance process — (A) means all steps of passport issuance for a new passport or renewal of a passport, as appropriate, from the applicant’s submission of documents through document processing and application adjudication to mailing of printed passports