TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 110. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) Senior Executive Service Positions.— Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(d) For purposes of the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing the Senior Executive Service, any reference in such provisions to the ‘appointing authority’ for a member of the Senior Executive Service or for a Senior Executive Service position shall, if such member or position is or would be within the Office of an Inspector General, be deemed to be a reference to such Inspector General.”. (b) Coast Guard Operation as Part of Department or Agency.— Section 8(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “, except that, when the Coast Guard operates as a service of another department or agency of the Federal Government, a member of the Coast Guard shall be deemed to be an employee of such department or agency”.