Political appointee defined

Section 2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: (r) The term political employee — (1) means any individual occupying— (A) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive Schedule); (B) a position under a noncareer appointment (as that term is defined under section 3132(a) of such title) in the Senior Executive Service; (C) a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; (D) a position in schedule G of the excepted service (established by Executive Order 14317 titled Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service); or (E) any other position that has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position; and (2) includes any individual acting on behalf of an individual described in paragraph (1)..