this Act, subject to section 202 of the Budget and Ac-
counting Procedures Act of 1950, shall be transferred to
the Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs for appro-
priate allocation by the Director. Unexpended funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used only for
the purposes for which the funds were originally author-
ized and appropriated.
(b) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The transfer under this Act
of full-time personnel (except special Government
employees) and part-time personnel holding perma-
nent positions shall not cause any such employee to
be separated or reduced in grade or compensation
for 1 year after the date of transfer to the Office of
Enforcement and Border Affairs.
(2) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Any person who,
on the day preceding the effective date of this Act,
held a position compensated in accordance with the
Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code, and who, without a break in
service, is appointed in the Office of Enforcement
and Border Affairs to a position having duties com-
parable to the duties performed immediately preced-
ing such appointment shall continue to be com-
pensated in such new position at not less than the
rate provided for such previous position, for the du-
ration of the service of such person in such new po-
sition.
SEC. 8. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.
Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law or
otherwise provided in this Act, an official to whom func-
tions are transferred under this Act (including the head
of any office to which functions are transferred under this
Act) may delegate any of the functions so transferred to
such officers and employees of the office of the official as
the official may designate, and may authorize successive
redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or ap-
propriate. No delegation of functions under this section
or under any other provision of this Act shall relieve the
official to whom a function is transferred under this Act
of responsibility for the administration of the function.
SEC. 9. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MAN-
AGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO
FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall make any de-
termination of the functions that are transferred under
this Act.
(b) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, at such time or times
as the Director shall provide, may make such determina-
tions as may be necessary with regard to the functions
transferred by this Act, and to make such additional inci-
dental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants,
contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of
appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other
funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made
available in connection with such functions, as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Director
shall provide for such further measures and dispositions
as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘Di-
rector’’ means the Director of the Office of Enforce-
ment and Border Affairs.
(2) The term ‘‘function’’ includes any duty, ob-
ligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, activity, or program.
(3) The term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad-
ministration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit,
organizational entity, or component thereof.
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
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