; and (B) public reporting on progress made; (6) assesses the effectiveness of any NIH policies and initiatives aimed at retiring and re-homing dogs and cats no longer needed in research conducted or funded by the NIH; (7) makes recommendations for improving— (A) the effectiveness of efforts to reduce and replace the use of dogs and cats in research conducted or funded by the NIH; and (B) public reporting on progress made; and (8) includes any other matter the Comptroller General of the United States determines important to assessing and improving NIH’s efforts to reduce and replace the use of dogs and cats in federally funded research that causes significant pain or distress. (c) Definition In this section: (1) The term NIH means the National Institutes of Health. (2) The term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study classified in pain category D or E by the Department of Agriculture.