COMMISSION OPERATIONS.

SEC. 216. COMMISSION OPERATIONS.Section 12(b) (7 U.S.C. 16(b)) is amended— (1) by designating the first through third sentences as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively, and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) The Commission may request (in accordance with the procedures set forth in subchapter II of chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code) and the Office of Personnel Management shall authorize pursuant to the request, eight positions in the Senior Executive Service in addition to the number of such positions authorized for the Commission on the date of enactment of this sentence.”.