ment of this Act. At least 90 days before each submission 
of the policy to Congress, the Secretary shall publish the 
policy in the Federal Register for a public comment period 
of not less than 60 days. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require changes in the policy in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION PLAN. 
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 shall have no fur-
ther force and effect. 
SEC. 12. SAVINGS PROVISION. 
All rules and regulations, determinations, standards, 
contracts, including collective bargaining agreements, cer-
tifications, authorizations, appointments, delegations, re-
sults and findings of investigations, and other actions duly 
issued, made, or taken by or pursuant to or under the 
authority of any statute or executive order which resulted 
in the assignment of functions or activities to the Sec-
retary, the Department of Commerce, the Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the Adminis-
trator, or any other officer of the Administration, that is 
in effect immediately before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall continue in full force and effect after the effec-
tive date of this Act until modified or rescinded. All suits, 
appeals, judgments, and proceedings pending on such ef-
fective date relating to responsibilities or functions trans-
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ferred pursuant to this Act shall continue without regard 
to such transfers, except for the transfer of responsibilities 
or functions. Any reference in law to a responsibility, func-
tion, or office transferred pursuant to this Act shall be 
deemed to refer to the responsibility, function, or office 
as so transferred. Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to limit the ability of an Administration employee to dis-
cuss scientific research performed by that employee. Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to alter the responsibil-
ities or authorities of any other Federal agency. Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to authorize or prohibit the 
transfer of any program, function, or project from other 
Federal agencies to the Administration. Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to expand, modify, or supersede the 
authority that the Administration has immediately before 
the date of enactment of this Act, nor to provide the Ad-
ministration with any new regulatory authority. Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to grant the Administrator 
any authority to construct, alter, repair, or acquire by any 
means a public building, as defined at section 3301 of title 
40, United States Code, or to grant any authority to lease 
general purpose office or storage space in any building; 
and nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish any 
authority the Administrator has immediately before the 
date of enactment of this Act to construct, alter, repair, 
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or acquire by any means a public building, as defined at 
section 3301 of title 40, United States Code, or to dimin-
ish any authority the Administrator has immediately be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act to lease general 
purpose office or storage space in any building (regardless 
of whether those authorities are derived from laws, execu-
tive orders, rules, regulations, or delegations of authority 
from the Secretary of Commerce). 
SEC. 13. REORGANIZATION PLAN. 
(a) SCHEDULE.—(1) Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
develop a reorganization plan for the Administration in 
accordance with this section and shall publish the plan in 
the Federal Register. The Federal Register notice shall 
solicit comments for a period of 60 days. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the expiration date 
of the comment period described in paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall transmit to Congress a revised version 
of the plan that takes into account the comments received. 
The Administrator shall also publish the revised plan in 
the Federal Register. The Administrator shall transmit 
and publish, along with the plan, an explanation of how 
the Administrator dealt with each issue raised by the com-
ments received. 
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(3) The Administrator shall implement the plan 60 
days after the plan has been transmitted to the Congress. 
(b) CONTENT.—The plan, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, shall— 
(1) consistent with section 5 and the other pro-
visions of this Act, maximize the efficiency with 
which the Administration carries out the functions 
of— 
(A) operations and services; 
(B) research and education; and 
(C) resource management; 
(2) improve the sharing of research and other 
information that is of use across programmatic 
themes; and 
(3) eliminate duplication of effort or overlap-
ping efforts among offices. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan, the Ad-
ministrator shall consult with interested parties, including 
the States, academia, industry, conservation organiza-
tions, and Administration employees. 
SEC. 14. FACILITY EVALUATION PROCESS. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT PROC-
ESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall not 
close, consolidate, relocate, subdivide, or establish a 
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