; 50 U.S.C. 1528(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) Notification (1) Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 45 days after a covered report of any theft, loss, or release of a biological select agent or toxin involving the Department of Defense is filed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, shall provide to the congressional defense committees notice of such theft, loss, or release. (2) The Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees notice of a release under paragraph (1) only if the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, determines that the release is outside the barriers of secondary containment into the ambient air or environment or is causing occupational exposure that presents a threat to public safety. (3) In this subsection, the term covered report means a report filed under any of the following (or any successor regulations): (A) Section 331.19 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. (B) Section 121.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. (C) Section 73.19 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. . (g) Audit of Department of Defense financial statements Section 240a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking (a) Annual audit required.— ; and (2) by striking subsection (b). (h) Financial improvement and audit remediation plan Section 240b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking June 30, 2019, and annually thereafter and inserting July 31 each year ; (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking clauses (vii) through (x); and (ii) by redesignating clauses (xi), (xii), and (xiii) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respectively; and (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking June 30 and inserting July 31