of the Advisory Council. (4) Technology support A member of the Advisory Council who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be permitted expenses for technology necessary to participate in activities of the Advisory Council. (e) Advisory Council annual reports (1) In general Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary, the appropriate committees of Congress, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out direct care professional programs, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report concerning the development, maintenance, and updating of the Strategy, including a description of the outcomes of the recommendations and any priorities included in the initial report pursuant to paragraph (2), as appropriate. (2) Initial report The Advisory Council’s initial report under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) an inventory and assessment of all federally funded efforts to compensate direct care professionals and the outcomes of such efforts, including analyses of the extent to which federally funded efforts are reaching direct care professionals and gaps in such efforts