; or (B) an individual— (i) in an administrative or executive position; and (ii) appointed under section 7306(a) or section 7401(1) of this title. (3) The term career appointee has the meaning given that term in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 725 the following new item: 726. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees. . 502. Role of podiatrists in Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Inclusion as physician (1) In general Subchapter I of chapter 74 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7413. Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards (a) Podiatrists Except as provided by subsection (b), a doctor of podiatric medicine who is appointed as a podiatrist under section 7401(1) of this title is eligible for any supervisory position in the Veterans Health Administration to the same degree that a physician appointed under such section is eligible for the position. (b) Establishment of clinical oversight standards The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to supervisory positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for providers of other clinical specialties. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7412 the following new item: 7413. Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards. . (b) Modification and clarification of pay grade (1) Grade The list in section 7404(b) of such title is amended— (A) by striking PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST SCHEDULE and inserting PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (MD/DO), PODIATRIC SURGEON (DPM), AND DENTIST AND ORAL SURGEON (DDS, DMD) SCHEDULE