; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (D) Availability to the Congressional Committees The Board shall make available to the Committees specified under section 101(h)— (i) such information as the Committees shall request; and (ii) with respect to any confidential or privileged information provided in response to a request under clause (i), including any information subject to section 104(g) and subparagraph (A), or any confidential or privileged information provided orally in response to such a request, such information shall maintain the protections provided in subparagraph (A), and shall retain its confidential and privileged status in the hands of the Board and the Committees. . 833. Abolishing Investor Advisory Group The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board shall abolish the Investor Advisory Group. 834. Repeal of requirement for Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to use certain funds for merit scholarship program (a) In general Section 109(c) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ( 15 U.S.C. 7219(c) ) is amended by striking paragraph (2). (b) Conforming amendments Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ( 15 U.S.C. 7219 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking uses of funds and all that follows through The budget and inserting uses of funds.— The budget