; and (ii) may communicate recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Education, or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the prescription of regulations described in subparagraph (C). (C) Authority to prescribe regulations The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may each prescribe regulations requiring a recipient of funds or other assistance under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11301–11435 )— (i) to make reasonable efforts to identify homeless individuals who receive benefits or assistance provided through the funds; and (ii) to submit sufficient information to the Secretary for the homeless individuals to be listed in the database. (D) Requirements for database information The Secretary— (i) shall verify the accuracy of the information in the database; (ii) shall include in the database, with respect to each individual listed in the database, only the information necessary to— (I) determine the eligibility of the individual to participate in the pilot program; or (II) administer the pilot program with the individual as a participant; and (iii) may not include in the database any information about the citizenship status, immigration status, or Social Security number of any individual listed in the database. (E) Report to Congress on the database The Secretary shall submit a written report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the process used to create the database. (2) Selection of pilot program participants (A) Criteria The Secretary, in coordination with the External Partner and the Council, shall develop criteria for the selection of pilot program participants that are— (i) consistent with the objectives of the study described in section 5; (ii) inclusive of low-income geographic areas