to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes ( Public Law 107–372 ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 261 the following: Sec. 261A. Applicability of certain provisions of title 37, United States Code. . 207. Legion of Merit award Section 1121 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking armed forces and inserting uniformed services . 208. Prohibition on retaliatory personnel actions (a) In general Subsection (a) of section 261 ( 33 U.S.C. 3071 ), as amended by section 205(a), is further amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (25) as paragraphs (9) through (26), respectively