; technical assistance authorized (a) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2025— (1) $10,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, of which $500,000 shall be used internally by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for staff and other expenses to plan, award, and oversee pilot projects under this Act and $9,500,000 shall be available for grants under section 6; (2) $10,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture, of which $500,000 shall be used internally by Department of Agriculture for staff and other expenses to plan, award, and oversee pilot projects under this Act and $9,500,000 shall be available for grants under section 6; and (3) $15,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, of which $500,000 shall be used internally by the Department of Health and Human Services for staff and other expenses to plan, award, and oversee pilot projects under this Act and $9,500,000 shall be available for grants under section 6, and 5,000,000 shall be available for contracts under section 7. (b) Technical assistance authorized The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology, the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Domestic Policy Council may, for the purpose of advancing the objectives of the pilot projects carried out under this Act— (1) provide technical assistance