; (B) a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5; or (C) employed in a position of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation. (6) The term whistleblower disclosure has the meaning given such term in section 323(g) of this title. . (b) Clerical and conforming amendments (1) Clerical The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 713 the following new item: 714. Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct. . (2) Conforming Section 4303(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting , or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) any removal or demotion under section 714 of title 38. . 203. Reduction of benefits for Department of Veterans Affairs employees convicted of certain crimes (a) Reduction of benefits (1) In general Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 719. Reduction of benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes (a) Reduction of annuity for removed employee (1) The Secretary shall order that the covered service of an employee of the Department removed from a position for performance or misconduct under section 719 or 7461 of this title or any other provision of law shall not be taken into account for purposes of calculating an annuity with respect to such individual under chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, if— (A) the Secretary determines that the individual is convicted of a felony (and the conviction is final) that influenced the individual’s performance while employed in the position