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).