; (B) operates as a not-for-profit entity; and (C) has expertise and objectivity comparable to that of the National Academies. (2) Treatment If the Secretary enters into an agreement with another organization as described in paragraph (1), any reference in this section, section 4, and section 1119 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 2(a), to the National Academies shall be treated as a reference to the other organization. (i) Definitions In this section, the terms covered toxin and open burn pit have the meanings given such terms in section 1119(e) of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 2(a). (j) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 4. Access of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to information from the Department of Defense (a) In general Upon request by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies ), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the National Academies information in the possession of the Department of Defense that the National Academies determines useful in conducting a review under section 3(b). (b) Inclusions The information described in subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum— (1) all environmental sampling data relative to any location included in the review