133 STAT. 924  PUBLIC LAW 116–22—JUNE 24, 2019  9903 of title 5, United States Code, are compensated, with- out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter  III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification  and General Schedule pay rates.  ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall exercise the  authority under paragraph (1) in a manner that is consistent  with the limitations described in section 319F–1(e)(2).  ‘‘(g) TIMELINE.—The Secretary shall accomplish the purposes  under subsections (b) and (c) no later than September 30, 2023,  and shall provide a justification to the congressional committees  of jurisdiction for any missed or delayed implementation of measur- able steps identified under subsection (c)(6)(A)(iii).  ‘‘(h) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after  the date of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Prepared- ness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019, the Comptroller Gen- eral of the United States shall conduct an independent evaluation  and submit to the Secretary and the congressional committees  of jurisdiction a report concerning the activities conducted under  subsections (b) and (c), and provide recommendations, as applicable  and appropriate, on necessary improvements to the biosurveillance  and situational awareness network.’’.  Deadline.  Deadline.  Reports.  Recommenda-  tions.  Coordination.  (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (i) of sec- tion 319D (42 U.S.C. 247d–4), as redesignated by subsection (a)(6),  is amended by striking ‘‘$138,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2014  through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$161,800,000 for each of fiscal years  2019 through 2023’’.  (c) BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTION REPORT.—The Secretary of  Health and Human Services shall, in coordination with the Sec- retary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, not  later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report  to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on  Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the  House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education,  Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Armed Services, and the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of  the Senate on the state of Federal biological threat detection efforts,  including the following:  (1) An identification of technological, operational, and pro- grammatic successes and failures of domestic detection pro- grams supported by Federal departments and agencies for  intentionally introduced or accidentally released biological  threat agents and naturally occurring infectious diseases.  (2) A description of Federal efforts to facilitate the exchange  of information related to the information described in paragraph  (1) among Federal departments and agencies that utilize  biological threat detection technology.  (3) A description of the capabilities of detection systems  in use by Federal departments and agencies including the  capability to—  (A) rapidly detect, identify, characterize, and confirm  the presence of biological threat agents;  (B) recover live biological agents from collection  devices;  (C) determine the geographical distribution of  biological agents;  (D) determine the extent of environmental contamina- tion and persistence of biological agents; and 