; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Appointment in absence of chairman If the position of chairman of the Board is vacant, during the period of the vacancy the Board, at the direction of the majority of the members of the Board, may exercise the authority of the chairman under paragraph (1). . (e) Tenure and compensation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members and staff (1) In general Section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000ee ), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended— (A) in subsection (h)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting full-time after 4 additional ; and (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking , except that and all that follows through the end and inserting a period; (B) in subsection (i)(1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 and inserting level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking level IV of the Executive Schedule and all that follows through the end and inserting level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. ; and (C) in subsection (j)(1), by striking level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 and inserting level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 . (2) Effective date; applicability (A) In general The amendments made by paragraph (1)— (i) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act