; and (iii) improvements to the compliance tool of the Office of Pharmacy Affairs, used to integrate all information related to covered entities and manufacturers with agreements under this section. (B) Supplement not supplant Any fee collected under paragraph (1) shall be used to supplement and not supplant the amount otherwise provided in appropriations Acts to carry out this section. (6) Availability of fees Fees authorized under paragraph (1) shall be collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Such fees are authorized to remain available until expended. (7) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate final regulations through notice-and-comment rulemaking to implement the user fee collection pursuant to this subsection. (8) Oversight of user fee program (A) Study The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct an annual review of the user fee program established by this subsection. (B) Report Not later than July 1 of each year (beginning with 2019), the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study conducted under subparagraph (A), together with such recommendations as the Inspector General determines appropriate. . 3. Direct-hire authority Section 340B(d) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Direct-hire authority Not­with­stand­ing section 3304(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, and sections 3309 through 3318 of such title, and section 337 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), the Secretary may, beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph, exercise direct-hire authority to appoint a minimum of ten qualified candidates to permanent positions within the competitive service in order to carry out