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on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, the congressional committees 
with jurisdiction over the agency program or activity 
that is the subject of the recommendation, and the 
Government Accountability Office before the 61st 
day after the date of the report; and’’. 
SEC. 307. AMENDMENTS TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT 
OF 1978 AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL RE-
FORM ACT OF 2008. 
(a) INCORPORATION OF PROVISIONS FROM THE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL REFORM ACT OF 2008 INTO THE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.— 
(1) CLASSIFICATION AND PAY.— 
(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 8G of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) CLASSIFICATION AND PAY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Inspector General of each des-
ignated Federal entity shall, for pay and all other 
purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank des-
ignation, as the case may be, at or above those of 
a majority of the senior level executives of that des-
ignated Federal entity (such as a General Counsel, 
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Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, 
Chief Human Capital Officer, or Chief Acquisition 
Officer). The pay of an Inspector General of a des-
ignated Federal entity shall be not less than the av-
erage total compensation (including bonuses) of the 
senior level executives of that designated Federal en-
tity calculated on an annual basis. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an In-
spector General of a designated Federal entity 
whose pay is adjusted under paragraph (1), the 
total increase in pay in any fiscal year resulting 
from that adjustment may not exceed 25 per-
cent of the average total compensation (includ-
ing bonuses) of the Inspector General of that 
entity for the preceding 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) SUNSET OF LIMITATION.—The limi-
tation under subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
to any adjustment made in fiscal year 2013 or 
each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 4(b) 
of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 
U.S.C. App. 3 note) is repealed. 
(2) PAY RETENTION.— 
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(A) AMENDMENT.—The Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
adding after section 8L the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 8M. PAY RETENTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 3392 
of title 5, United States Code, other than the terms ‘per-
formance awards’ and ‘awarding of ranks’ in subsection 
(c)(1) of such section, shall apply to career appointees of 
the Senior Executive Service who are appointed to the po-
sition of Inspector General. 
‘‘(b) NONREDUCTION IN PAY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, career Federal employees serving 
on an appointment made pursuant to statutory authority 
found other than in section 3392 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall not suffer a reduction in pay, not including 
any bonus or performance award, as a result of being ap-
pointed to the position of Inspector General.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Section 4(c) 
of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 
U.S.C. App. 3 note) is repealed. 
(3) ALLEGATIONS
OF
WRONGDOING
AGAINST 
SPECIAL COUNSEL OR DEPUTY SPECIAL COUNSEL.— 
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(A) AMENDMENT.—Section 11(d) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING AGAINST 
SPECIAL COUNSEL OR DEPUTY SPECIAL COUNSEL.— 
‘‘(A) SPECIAL COUNSEL DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘Special Counsel’ means 
the Special Counsel appointed under section 
1211(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY
OF
INTEGRITY
COM-
MITTEE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An allegation of 
wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or 
the Deputy Special Counsel may be re-
ceived, reviewed, and referred for investiga-
tion by the Integrity Committee to the 
same extent and in the same manner as in 
the case of an allegation against an Inspec-
tor General (or a member of the staff of 
an Office of Inspector General), subject to 
the requirement that the Special Counsel 
recuse himself or herself from the consider-
ation of any allegation brought under this 
paragraph. 
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‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING 
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—This paragraph 
does not eliminate access to the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board for review under 
section 7701 of title 5, United States 
Code. To the extent that an allegation 
brought under this subsection involves sec-
tion 2302(b)(8) of that title, a failure to 
obtain corrective action within 120 days 
after the date on which that allegation is 
received by the Integrity Committee shall, 
for purposes of section 1221 of such title, 
be 
considered 
to 
satisfy 
section 
1214(a)(3)(B) of that title. 
‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Integrity Com-
mittee may prescribe any rules or regulations 
necessary to carry out this paragraph, subject 
to such consultation or other requirements as 
might otherwise apply.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
7(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4312; 5 
U.S.C. 1211 note) is repealed. 
(b) AGENCY APPLICABILITY.— 
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