be paid to each senior executive under such appointing au-
thority. 
‘‘(2) A determination under this subsection shall, 
with respect to any senior executive, be made based on 
such senior executive’s experience and capabilities, the re-
sponsibilities of the position such senior executive holds, 
and such other criteria as the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may by regulation prescribe.’’. 
(3) 
LIMITATION
ON
ADJUSTMENTS.—Sub-
section (c) of section 5383 is amended by striking 
‘‘Except’’ and all that follows through ‘‘title,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in regula-
tions under section 5385,’’. 
(b) BASIC PAY FOR OTHER POSITIONS.—Sections 
5372(b)(1)(C), 5372a(b)(1), and 5376(b)(1)(B) are 
amended by striking ‘‘level IV’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘level III’’. 
(c) COORDINATION PROVISIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of determining 
the rate of compensation for any position described 
in paragraph (2), the President may, after the effec-
tive date set forth in section 6, continue to adjust 
rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service 
to the same extent and in the same manner as if the
amendments made by this section had not been en-
acted. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection applies 
with respect to any position the rate of compensa-
tion for which is set, by or under any provision of 
law enacted before the effective date set forth in sec-
tion 6, by reference to a level or rate of pay for the 
Senior Executive Service. 
(3) SPECIAL
RULES.—The following special 
rules shall apply for purposes of carrying out this 
subsection: 
(A) Section 5382(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, as last in effect before the effec-
tive date specified in section 6, shall be deemed 
to have been amended by striking ‘‘level IV’’ 
and inserting ‘‘level III’’. 
(B)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, after the effective date specified in sec-
tion 6, the President may, on his own initiative, 
provide for such comparability payments for the 
Senior Executive Service as he considers nec-
essary in order to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, 
section 5304(g)(2) of such title 5 shall, to the
extent that it relates to the Senior Executive 
Service, be deemed to have been amended by 
striking ‘‘level III’’ and inserting ‘‘level II’’. 
(4) LIMITED EFFECT.—Any adjusted rates of 
pay and any comparability payments fixed for the 
Senior Executive Service under this subsection shall 
not have any force or effect except as provided in 
paragraph (1) or (3)(B). 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) LIMITATIONS ON PAY FIXED BY ADMINIS-
TRATIVE ACTION.—
(A) SECTION
5306.—Section 5306(d) is 
amended by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, 
including under section 5372, 5376, or 5383.’’. 
(B) SECTION
5373.—Section 5373(a) is 
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
paragraph (3); 
(ii) by striking paragraph (4) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(4) section 4802, 5372, 5376, or 5383; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by redesignating the second para-
graph (4) (as added by section 10702(c)(3)
of Public Law 107–171 (116 Stat. 517)) 
as paragraph (5). 
(2) REFERENCES TO SECTION 5382.—
(A) The analysis for chapter 53 is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 5382 
and inserting the following:
‘‘5382. Range in rates of pay for the senior executive service.’’.
(B) Section 3161(d)(2) is amended by 
striking ‘‘established’’ and inserting ‘‘allow-
able’’. 
(C) Sections 4507(e)(1) and 5384(a)(2) 
are each amended by striking ‘‘5382’’ and in-
serting ‘‘5383’’. 
SEC. 3. LOCALITY PAY ADJUSTMENT LIMITATION. 
Paragraph (2) of section 5304(g) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) The applicable maximum under this subsection 
shall—
‘‘(A) for any positions under subparagraphs 
(A)–(E) of subsection (h)(1), be level II of the Exec-
utive Schedule; and 
‘‘(B) for any positions under subsection 
(h)(1)(F) which the President may determine, be 
level III of the Executive Schedule.’’.
SEC. 4. ANNUAL LEAVE ENHANCEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6303 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection 
(a), the rate of accrual of annual leave in the case of an 
employee under paragraph (2) is one day for each full bi-
weekly pay period. 
‘‘(2) This subsection applies to an employee in a posi-
tion paid under section 5376 or 5383, or for an employee 
in an equivalent category of positions (as determined 
under regulations of the Office of Personnel Management) 
for which the minimum rate of basic pay is not less than 
120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for 
GS–15 of the General Schedule.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to pay periods begin-
ning on or after the effective date set forth in section 6. 
SEC. 5. EXPANDED SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE LIMITED 
APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3132(a) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6), and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(5) ‘limited term appointee’ means an indi-
vidual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment 
to a Senior Executive Service position for a term 
fixed in accordance with section 3394(d) and the du-
ties of which position will expire at the end of such 
term; 
‘‘(6) ‘limited emergency appointee’ means an in-
dividual appointed under a nonrenewable appoint-
ment to a Senior Executive Service position, estab-
lished to meet a bona fide, unanticipated, urgent 
need, for a term fixed in accordance with section 
3394(c);’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(8) ‘career reserved position’ means a position 
which is designated under subsection (b) and which 
may be filled either by—
‘‘(A) a career appointee; 
‘‘(B) a limited term appointee or limited 
emergency appointee who—
‘‘(i) is appointed to such position 
under section 3394; and 
‘‘(ii) immediately before entering such 
position, was serving under a career or ca-
reer-conditional appointment outside the 
Senior Executive Service (or an appoint-
ment of equivalent tenure, as determined 
by the Office); or
‘‘(C) a limited term appointee or limited 
emergency appointee who is reassigned to such 
position under section 3395(b); and’’. 
(b) DURATION OF LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Sec-
tion 3394 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) A limited emergency appointee may be ap-
pointed for a period of not to exceed 1 year. 
‘‘(2) If the exigencies of the public business so re-
quire, such appointment may be extended for not to exceed 
1 year. 
‘‘(3) The authorities under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall be available subject to section 3395(c). 
‘‘(d)(1) A limited term appointee may be appointed 
for a period of not to exceed 4 years. 
‘‘(2) If the exigencies of the public business so re-
quire, such appointment may be extended for not to exceed 
2 years. 
‘‘(3) The authorities under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall be available subject to section 3395(c).’’. 
(c) REASSIGNMENT WITHIN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 
3395 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Notwithstanding section 3394(b), a lim-
ited emergency appointee may be reassigned to another
Senior Executive Service position in the same agency es-
tablished to meet a bona fide, unanticipated, urgent need, 
except that the appointee may not serve in 1 or more posi-
tions in such agency under such appointment in excess 
of the term allowable under section 3394(c) (1) and (2). 
‘‘(B) An individual may not be reassigned under this 
paragraph to a career reserved position without the prior 
approval of the exercise of that reassignment authority by 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding section 3394(b), a limited 
term appointee may be reassigned to another Senior Exec-
utive Service position in the same agency the duties of 
which will expire at the end of that individual’s term, ex-
cept that the appointee may not serve in 1 or more posi-
tions in the agency under such appointment in excess of 
the term allowable under section 3394(d) (1) and (2). 
‘‘(B) An individual may not be reassigned under this 
paragraph to a career reserved position without the prior 
approval of the exercise of that reassignment authority by 
the Office of Personnel Management.’’.
(2) LIMITATION
ON
AGGREGATE
SERVICE.—
Section 3395(c) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘48 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 years’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘36 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘7 years’’. 
(d) REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
FOR CERTAIN AP-
POINTEES IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3594 is amended by 
redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) A limited emergency appointee or limited term 
appointee who was appointed from a civil service position 
held under a career or career-conditional appointment (or 
an appointment of equivalent tenure, as determined by the 
Office) and who, for reasons other than misconduct, ne-
glect of duty, or malfeasance, is removed from the Senior 
Executive Service shall be entitled to be placed in a civil 
service position (other than a Senior Executive Service po-
sition) in any agency.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
3594(d) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1)) is 
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsections (a), (b), and (c)’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) A limited emergency appointee or limited term 
appointee described in subsection (c) shall be entitled to
the same rights under this subsection as a career ap-
pointee described in subsection (a).’’. 
(e) APPLICABILITY; SAVINGS PROVISION; TRANSI-
TION RULE.—
(1) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to appoint-
ments made on or after the effective date specified 
in section 6. 
(2) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Appointments made 
prior to the effective date specified in section 6 shall 
continue to be governed by provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, applied as if this section had 
not been enacted. 
(3) TRANSITION RULE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Service as a limited 
term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
performed before the effective date specified in 
section 6 shall not be taken into account for 
purposes of applying section 3395(c) of title 5, 
United States Code, as amended by this sec-
tion. 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the terms ‘‘limited term appointee’’ 
and ‘‘limited emergency appointee’’ have the
meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of such 
title 5, as in effect before such effective date. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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