12 2 STA T .430 4 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 40 9—O CT. 14 , 200 8theInsp e c t orG ener alA cto f1978(5U.S . C . App. ) (as a m en d ed by sect i on 7(a) of this Act). ( B ) PROHIB I T IO N O FCAS H BON U SORA W AR D S. — Section 3 (f) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended by section 5 of this Act) shall apply to the Inspectors General described u nder subpara g raph (A). ( 4 ) ADDITIONA L T E CHNICAL AND CONFOR M IN G AMEND - MENT.—Section 194(b) of the N ational and Community Ser v ice Act of 199 0 (4 2 U.S.C. 12 6 51e(b)) is amended by stri k ing para- graph (3). (b) INS P ECTORS GENERAL OF D ESIGNATED F EDERAL E NTITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not w ithstanding any other provision of law , the Inspector General of each designated Federal entity (as those terms are defined under section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) shall, for pay and all other purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank designa- tion, as the case may be, at or above those of a ma j ority of the senior level e x ecutives of that designated Federal entity (such as a General Counsel, Chief Information O fficer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief H uman Capital Officer, or Chief Ac q uisition Officer). T he pay of an Inspector General of a designated Federal entity (as those terms are defined under section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) shall be not less than the average total compensation (including bonuses) of the senior level executives of that des- ignated Federal entity calculated on an annual basis. (2) L IMITATION ON AD J USTMENT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an Inspector 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 percent of the average total compensation (including bonuses) of the Inspector General of that entity for the preceding 3 fiscal years. (B) SUNSET OF LIMITATION.—The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any adjustment made in fiscal year 2013 or each fiscal year thereafter. (c) SA V INGS PROVISION FOR NEWL Y APPOINTED INSPECTORS GEN- ERAL.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, other than the terms ‘ ‘performance 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 position of Inspector General. (2) 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 perform- ance award, as a result of being appointed to the position of Inspector General. (d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section shall have the effect of reducing the rate of pay of any individual serving on the date of enactment of this section as an Inspector General of— Ap p licab ili ty.5USC app. 3no t e .
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