; and (B) any recommendations for legislative or administrative action to improve the functioning of the Advisory Board. (o) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out this section. 5. Identifying long-term solutions through the Government Accountability Office (a) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the personnel capacity and capability of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (in this section referred to as USAID ) to support United States strategic competition with the PRC and on available mechanisms to address any identified gaps. (b) Report (1) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the results of the study referred to in subsection (a). (2) Elements The report referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain the following: (A) The percentage of Foreign Service positions and civil service positions in the Indo-Pacific region that are vacant, as compared to the same vacancy rates for such positions in all other regions globally. (B) A qualitative assessment of the gaps in understanding of the PRC among the Foreign Service, civil service, and intelligence community (as that term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )) and how these perceived gaps hamper their work, which the Comptroller General of the United States shall compile after consulting with directors and deputy directors within the Department of State and USAID that the Comptroller General deems appropriate for informing United States policies on competition with the PRC. (C) A recommendation of actions that Congress, the Executive Office of the President, and the Department of State can take to address the gaps referred to in subparagraph (B), disaggregated by whether such