(2) DELEGATION.—No delegation of functions 
by the Under Secretary under this section shall re-
lieve the Under Secretary of responsibility for the 
administration of the functions. 
(e) REORGANIZATION.—The Under Secretary may al-
locate or reallocate any function transferred under this 
section among the officers of the Office, and establish, 
consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational enti-
ties in the Office, as the Under Secretary determines to 
be necessary or appropriate. 
(f) RULES.—The Under Secretary may prescribe, in 
accordance with the provisions of chapters 5 and 6 of title 
5, United States Code, such rules and regulations as the 
Under Secretary determines to be necessary or appro-
priate to administer and manage the functions of the Of-
fice. 
(g) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the personnel employed in con-
nection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of ap-
propriations, authorizations, allocations, and other 
funds employed, used, held, arising from, available 
to, or to be made available in connection with, the 
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functions transferred by this section, subject to sec-
tion 1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
transferred to the Office. 
(2) UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—Unexpended funds 
transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used 
only for the purposes for which the funds were origi-
nally authorized and appropriated. 
(h) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, at any time the Director 
may provide, may make such determinations as are 
necessary with regard to the functions transferred 
by this section, and make such additional incidental 
dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, 
contracts, property, records, and unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, 
and other funds held, used, arising from, available 
to, or to be made available in connection with such 
functions, as are necessary, to carry out this section. 
(2) TERMINATION OF AFFAIRS.—The Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall pro-
vide for the termination of the affairs of all entities 
terminated by this section and for any further meas-
ures and dispositions as are necessary to effectuate 
the purposes of this section. 
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(i) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided by this section, the transfer pursuant to this 
section of full-time personnel (except special Govern-
ment employees) and part-time personnel holding 
permanent positions shall not cause any such em-
ployee to be separated or reduced in grade or com-
pensation for a period of at least 1 year after the 
date of transfer of the employee under this section. 
(2) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this section, any person 
who, on the day preceding the date of enactment 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 to a position in the 
Office having duties comparable to the duties per-
formed immediately preceding such appointment 
shall continue to be compensated in the new position 
at not less than the rate provided for the previous 
position, for the duration of the service of the person 
in the new position. 
(3) TERMINATION
OF
CERTAIN
POSITIONS.— 
Positions whose incumbents are appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
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Senate, the functions of which are transferred by 
this title, shall terminate on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(j) SEPARABILITY.—If a provision of this section or 
the application of this section to any person or cir-
cumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder of this 
section nor the application of the provision to other per-
sons or circumstances shall be affected. 
(k) TRANSITION.—The Under Secretary may use— 
(1) the services of the officers, employees, and 
other personnel of the Assistant Secretary for Indian 
Affairs relating to functions transferred to the Office 
by this section; and 
(2) funds appropriated to the functions for such 
period of time as may reasonably be needed to facili-
tate the orderly implementation of this section. 
(l) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a Federal law, 
Executive order, rule, regulation, delegation of authority, 
or document relating to the Assistant Secretary for Indian 
Affairs, with respect to functions transferred under this 
section, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Under 
Secretary. 
(m) RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the effective date of this title, the Under 
Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees 
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of Congress and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall submit to Congress any recommenda-
tions relating to additional technical and conforming 
amendments to Federal law to reflect the changes made 
by this section. 
(n) EFFECT OF SECTION.— 
(1) CONTINUING
EFFECT
OF
LEGAL
DOCU-
MENTS.—Any legal document relating to a function 
transferred by this section that is in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act shall continue in effect 
in accordance with the terms of the document until 
the document is modified or terminated by— 
(A) the President; 
(B) the Under Secretary; 
(C) a court of competent jurisdiction; or 
(D) operation of Federal or State law. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion shall not affect any proceeding (including a no-
tice of proposed rulemaking, an administrative pro-
ceeding, and an application for a license, permit, 
certificate, or financial assistance) relating to a 
function transferred under this section that is pend-
ing before the Assistant Secretary on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
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