; and (ii) not later than the date on which the change in status takes effect, submits to both Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate congressional committees) a written communication that contains the information required under subparagraph (B), including the report required under clause (ii) of that subparagraph. (D) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to limit or otherwise modify any statutory protection that is afforded to the Inspector General or a personnel action that is otherwise authorized by law. ; and (D) in paragraph (4), as so designated— (i) by inserting (A) before The Inspector General ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to $5,000 less than the annual rate of pay of the Comptroller General and inserting have a rate of basic pay that is not less than the average rate of basic pay of all other employees of the Government Accountability Office in positions established under section 732a or 733 of this title ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (B) The Comptroller General shall establish the amount of the annual adjustment of the rate of basic pay for the Inspector General in an amount equal to the average of the annual adjustments in the rate of basic pay provided pursuant to section 733(a)(3)(b) of this title to all other employees in positions established under section 732a or 733 of this title. ; (2) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking The Comptroller General and inserting the following: (1) Prohibition The Comptroller General ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Budget independence The Comptroller General shall include the annual budget request of the Inspector General in the budget of the Government Accountability Office without change. ; and (3) in subsection (g)— (A) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking , except that no personnel of the Office may be paid at an annual rate greater than $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay of the Inspector General