; or (iii) a TRICARE program operated under sections 1075, 1075a, 1076, 1076a, 1076c, 1076d, 1076e, or 1076f of title 10. (b) Duration Pilot programs carried out by the Secretary under this section shall terminate no later than five years after their commencement. (c) Location The Secretary shall ensure that pilot programs carried out under this section occur in different areas that are appropriate for the intended purposes of the pilot program. (d) Budget Funding for pilot programs carried out by the Secretary under this section will be derived from appropriations provided in advance in appropriations Acts for the Veterans Health Administration and from appropriations provided for information technology systems. (e) Notice The Secretary shall publish information about such pilot programs in the Federal Register, and shall take reasonable actions to provide direct notice to veterans eligible to participate in a pilot program operated under this section. (f) Waiver of authorities (1) Subject to reporting under paragraph (2) and approval under paragraph (3), in implementing the pilot programs under this section, the Secretary may waive such requirements in subchapters I, II, and III of this chapter as may be necessary solely for the purposes of carrying out this section with respect to testing models described in subsection (a). (2) Before waiving any authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, and each standing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the Senate of the House of Representatives to report a bill to amend the provision or provisions of law that would be waived by the Department describing in detail the following: (A) The specific authorities to be waived under the pilot program. (B) The standard or standards to be used in the pilot program in lieu of the waived authorities. (C) The reasons for such