; the Local Capacity Strengthening Policy; the Policy on Locally Led Humanitarian Assistance; and any other relevant strategies and policies. (4) An assessment of how USAID is using new authorities granted in sections 6 and 7 and an assessment of the impact of these authorities on USAID’s ability to work with local partners. (5) An assessment of how many organizations with a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (NICRA) cognizant to USAID are utilizing provisional NICRAs for over 48 months without a final NICRA and steps that USAID can take to reduce the extension of provisional NICRAs beyond 12 months. 9. Report on contracting officers Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of USAID shall provide a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the recruitment and retention of contracting officers and agreement officers at USAID and recommendations to improve contracting/agreement officer recruitment and retention. 10. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees 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) USAID The term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development.