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the second section which is designated as section 8G
as section 8H.
(c) PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPENSATION.—
(1) INSPECTOR
GENERAL.—Section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘Inspector General, United States Postal Serv-
ice.’’.
The amendment made by the preceding sentence shall
apply notwithstanding section 410 or any other provision
of title 39, United States Code.
(2) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE; POSTAL INSPECTORS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Sectin 1003 of title 39,
United States Code, is amended—
(i) by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (d); and
(ii) by inserting after subsection (a)
the following:
‘‘(b) Compensation and benefits for all officers
and employees serving in or under the Office of Inspector
General of the United States Postal Service shall be
maintained on a standard of comparability to the com-
pensation and benefits paid for comparable levels of work
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in the respective Offices of Inspector General of the var-
ious establishments named in section 11(2) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978.
‘‘(c) Compensation and benefits for all Postal In-
spectors shall be maintained on a standard of com-
parability to the compensation and benefits paid for com-
parable levels of work in the executive branch of the Gov-
ernment outside of the Postal Service. As used in this
subsection, the term ‘Postal Inspector’ included any
agent to whom any investigative powers are granted
under section 3061 of title 18.’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The first
sentence of section 1003(a) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘chapters
2 and 12 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘chapters
2 and 12 of this title, section 8G of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978,’’.
(d) STRATEGIC PLANS.—
(1) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Strategic plans shall be
prepared under this paragraph addressing staff-
ing requirements, general goals and objectives
for major functions and operations of the Office
of Inspector General of the United States Post-
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al Service, and how goals and objectives of the
Office are to be achieved, including a descrip-
tion of operational processes, skills and tech-
nology, and the human, capital, information,
and other resources required to meet those
goals and objectives.
(B) 
SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS.—Plans
under this paragraph—
(i) shall be prepared by the Inspector
General of the United States Postal Serv-
ice;
(ii) shall each cover a 5-year period
(the beginning and ending dates of which
shall be specified in each such plan); and
(iii) shall be included, as part of the
annual budget required under section 2009
of title 39, United States Code, at least
every 3 years.
(C) FIRST
SUBMISSION.—The first plan
under this paragraph shall be prepared in time
to be included with the annual budget under
section 2009 of title 39, United States Code,
next due to be submitted after the end of the
6-month period beginning on the date of the ap-
pointment of the first Inspector General to be
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appointed pursuant to the amendments made
by this section.
(2) POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE.—The Chief
Postal Inspector shall, with respect to the Postal In-
spection Service, prepare a strategic plan similar in
content to that required under paragraph (1)(A)
with respect to the Office of Inspector General of the
United States Postal Service. Such plan shall be pre-
pared in time to be included with the annual budget
under section 2009 of such title 39 next due to be
submitted after the end of the 30-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) FIRST APPOINTMENT; TRANSFERS; TRANSI-
TION PROVISION.—
(1) FIRST APPOINTMENT.—The first Inspector
General of the United States Postal Service ap-
pointed pursuant to the amendments made by this
section shall be appointed before the end of the 90-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(2) TRANSFERS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—All measures described
in section 8G(b) of the Inspector General Act of
1978 necessary to establish an Office of Inspec-
tor General within the United States Postal
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Service pursuant to this section, including all
appropriate transfers, shall occur—
(i) no earlier than the date the appointment under
paragraph (1) is made; and
(ii) no later than 60 days after the date the ap-
pointment under paragraph (1) is made.
(B) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
PERSON-
NEL.—
(i) CONSULTATION.—Decisions concerning which
personnel are to be transferred pursuant to subparagraph
(A) shall be made by the Governors (within the meaning
of section 102(3) of title 39, United States Code) in con-
sultation with the Inspector General appointed under
paragraph (1).
(ii) 
TRANSFERRED
PERSONNEL.—Personnel
transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall, to the
extent not inconsistent with other provisions of this sub-
section, be transferred in accordance with applicable laws
and regulations relating to the transfer of functions with-
in the United States Postal Service, except that, notwith-
standing any provision of section 1003(b) of title 39,
United States Code, as amended by this section, the clas-
sification and compensation of such personnel shall not
be reduced, by reason of having been transferred, for 1
year after being so transferred.
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(3) TRANSITION PROVISION.—The Chief Postal
Inspector may continue to serve as Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Postal Service until the
date on which an Inspector General is appointed
under paragraph (1) or, if earlier, the end of the pe-
riod referred to in such paragraph. Compensation
for any service under this paragraph shall be deter-
mined as if this section had not been enacted.
(f) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—
(1) Section 410(b) of title 39, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (9); and
(B) by amending paragraph (10) to read
as follows:
‘‘(10) the Inspector General Act of 1978; and’’
(2)(A) Section 204 of such title 39 is amend-
ed—
(i) by amending the section heading to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘§ 204. General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal
Inspector’’;
(ii) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and a Judi-
cial Officer.’’ and inserting ‘‘a Judicial Officer, and a
Chief Postal Inspector.’’;
(iii) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘and the
Judicial Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Judicial Officer, and
the Chief Postal Inspector’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
Chief Postal Inspector shall report to, and be under the
general supervision of, the Postmaster General. The
Postmaster General shall promptly notify the Governors
and both Houses of Congress in writing if he or she re-
moves the Chief Postal Inspector or transfers the Chief
Postal Inspector to another position or location within
the Postal Service, and shall include in any such notifica-
tion the reasons for the removal or transfer.’’.
(B) The table of sections for chapter 2 of such
title 39 is amended by striking the item relating to
section 204 and inserting the following:
‘‘204. General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal Inspector.’’.
SEC. 663. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
FOR EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(a)
DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any Executive
agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United