; (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (c) Inapplicability of paperwork reduction act Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act ), shall not apply to the collection of information under subsection (a). (d) Additional FTC resources (1) Additional personnel Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall, without regard to the civil service laws (including regulations), appoint not more than 50 additional personnel, as necessary, for the purposes of carrying out the study and report required under this section. (2) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.