OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

SEC. 40432. OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. Section 319 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825q–1) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(2)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the third sentence; and (B) in subparagraph (B)—(i) by striking the third sentence and inserting the following: “The Director shall be compensated at a rate of pay not greater than the maximum rate of pay prescribed for a senior executive in the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5, United States Code.”; and (ii) by striking the first sentence; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (4).