; and (2) to better understand potential options for a response by the United States Government to such a blockade. (c) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a classified report— (1) on the assessment required by paragraph (1) of subsection (a), including all elements described in paragraph (2) of that subsection; and (2) the interagency engagements conducted under subsection (b). (d) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate