grant, or otherwise for the purpose of aiding or facilitating 
the work of the Office.’’. 
SEC. 10. HIGHEST BASIC PAY RATE. 
Section 732(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘highest 
basic rate for GS–15’’ and inserting ‘‘rate for Executive 
Level III, provided that the total amount of cash com-
pensation in any year shall be subject to the limitations 
provided under section 5307(a)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code;’’. 
SEC. 11. PAY ADJUSTMENTS. 
Section 732(c) is amended— 
(1) in clause (2) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(5)’’; 
(2) by redesignating clause (4) as clause (5); 
and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) whenever the rates of basic pay for the Ex-
ecutive Schedule are increased, the Comptroller Gen-
eral may increase the rate of basic pay for the posi-
tions in sections 703(g), 731(c), and 731(d) that are 
paid by reference to the Executive Schedule. In de-
termining whether to grant all or part of such in-
crease, the Comptroller General shall consider the 
funding level for the Office and any other appro-
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priate criteria. If the Comptroller General increases 
the rate of basic pay for such positions, the Comp-
troller General may delay the implementation of 
such increases to become effective no later than the 
effective date of increases under paragraph 3 of this 
subsection;’’. 
SEC. 12. COMPTROLLER GENERAL’S ANNUITY. 
Section 777(b) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘of the Comptroller General’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
level II of the Executive Schedule’’. 
SEC. 13. PLACEMENT IN SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE. 
(a) Section 732a(b) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
731(d), (e)(1), or (e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 731(d)’’. 
(b) Section 733(c) is amended by striking ‘‘731(c), 
(d), (e)(1), or (e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘703(g)(2), 731(c) or 
(d)’’. 
SEC. 14. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. 
Section 2 of Public Law 106–303, as amended by sec-
tion 2 of Public Law 108–271 (5 U.S.C. 5597 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(d)’’ at the be-
ginning 
of 
(b)(1) 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsections 
(a)(2)(D) and (c)(2)(d)’’, 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ following the colon in 
subsection (b)(4) and striking the colon at the end 
of subsection (b)(5) and inserting a period, 
(3) by striking subsections (b)(6) and (b)(7), 
(4) by striking subsection (c), 
(5) by striking in subsection (d) the ‘‘s’’ in 
‘‘Definitions’’, all of subsection (1), and ‘‘(2) EM-
PLOYEE.—’’ in subsection (2) and by adding as part 
of subsection (d) the remaining text of the section, 
(6) by striking the phrase ‘‘, excluding sub-
section (c)’’ in subsection (f), and 
(7) by respectively redesignating subsections 
(d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and 
(f). 
SEC. 15. BASIC PAY FOR RETIREMENT. 
Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (G), 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H), 
(3) by adding a new subparagraph as follows: 
‘‘(I) the nonpermanent amount of a per-
formance-based pay increase received by an of-
ficer or employee of the Government Account-
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ability Office provided that such increase does 
not cause the officer‘s or employee’s salary to 
exceed 
the 
maximum 
salary 
in 
section 
732(c)(2);’’, and 
(4) by striking ‘‘(B) through (H)’’ in the lan-
guage following new subparagraph (I), and inserting 
‘‘(B) through (I)’’. 
SEC. 16. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except 
that sections 6 and 7 and the amendments made by those 
sections shall take effect on October 1, 2009. 
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