; (B) be available, to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to the Secretary solely for use in carrying out activities under this section; and (C) remain available until expended. (j) Regulations The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. (k) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary and to the head of each of the appropriate Federal agencies participating in carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, including to hire additional employees with expertise in privacy. (l) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Finance, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) Appropriate Federal agencies The term appropriate Federal agencies means the following: (A) The Department of Defense. (B) The Department of State. (C) The Department of Justice. (D) The Department of the Treasury. (E) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (F) The Office of Science and Technology Policy. (G) The Department of Homeland Security. (H) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (I) The Federal Trade Commission. (J) The Federal Communications Commission. (K) The Department of Health and Human Services. (L) Such other Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate. (3) Covered individual The term covered individual , with respect to personal data, means an individual who, at the time the data is acquired— (A) is located in the United States; or (B) is— (i) located outside the United States or whose location cannot be determined