; (2) increase awareness and knowledge of COVID–19, including countering stigma associated with COVID–19; (3) improve information on the availability of COVID–19 diagnostic testing; (4) promote cooperation with contact tracing efforts; and (5) promote employment opportunities performing contact tracing and other pandemic response activities. (b) Authorization of appropriations Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act under section 9, $5,000,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to carry out this section. 6. National system for COVID–19 testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with the applicable offices of the Department of Health and Human Services and State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments, shall establish and implement a nationwide evidence-based system for— (1) testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation with respect to COVID–19; (2) offering guidance on voluntary isolation and quarantine of individuals infected with, or exposed to individuals infected with, the virus that causes COVID–19; and (3) public reporting on testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and voluntary isolation and quarantine activities with respect to COVID–19. (b) Coordination; technical assistance In carrying out the national system under this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— (1) coordinate State, local, Tribal, and territorial activities related to testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation with respect to COVID–19, as appropriate