; and (B) if the Performance Improvement Officer designated under subparagraph (A) is not a career appointee of the Senior Executive Service, a Deputy Performance Improvement Officer, who shall be a career appointee of the Senior Executive Service. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Deputy Performance Improvement Officer A Deputy Performance Improvement Officer designated under paragraph (1)(B) shall support the Performance Improvement Officer in carrying out the functions of the Performance Improvement Officer under paragraph (2). . 7. Repeal of Outdated Pilot Projects (a) In general Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking sections 1118 and 1119. (b) Conforming amendment Section 9704 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c); and (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c) . (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 1118 and 1119. 8. Clarifying Amendments (a) Clarification of Requirement To Cite to Evidence-Building Activities in Strategic Plans Section 306(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (8) by inserting , as applicable after section 312