other administrative action issued, made, granted, or oth-
erwise in effect or final with respect to that agency on 
the day before the transfer date with respect to the trans-
ferred functions. 
(b) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—Subject to the author-
ity of the Administrator under this Act— 
(1) pending proceedings in an agency, including 
notices of proposed rulemaking, and applications for 
licenses, permits, certificates, grants, and financial 
assistance, shall continue notwithstanding the enact-
ment of this Act or the transfer of the agency to the 
Administration, unless discontinued or modified 
under the same terms and conditions and to the 
same extent that such discontinuance could have oc-
curred if such enactment or transfer had not oc-
curred; and 
(2) orders issued in such proceedings, and ap-
peals therefrom, and payments made pursuant to 
such orders, shall issue in the same manner on the 
same terms as if this Act had not been enacted or 
the agency had not been transferred, and any such 
order shall continue in effect until amended, modi-
fied, superceded, terminated, set aside, or revoked by 
an officer of the United States or a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
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(c) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Subject to the author-
ity of the Administrator under this Act, any civil action 
commenced with regard to that agency pending before 
that agency on the day before the transfer date with re-
spect to the transferred functions shall continue notwith-
standing the enactment of this Act or the transfer of an 
agency to the Administration. 
(d) REFERENCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After the transfer of func-
tions from a Federal agency under this Act, any ref-
erence in any other Federal law, Executive order, 
rule, regulation, directive, document, or other mate-
rial to that Federal agency or the head of that agen-
cy in connection with the administration or enforce-
ment of the food safety laws shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the Administration or the Adminis-
trator, respectively. 
(2) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Statutory reporting requirements that applied in re-
lation to such an agency immediately before the ef-
fective date of this Act shall continue to apply fol-
lowing such transfer if they refer to the agency by 
name. 
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SEC. 505. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 5313 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘Administrator of Food Safety.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Section 18 
of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 467), 
section 401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
671), and section 18 of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 1047) are repealed. 
SEC. 506. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS. 
Not later than 60 days after the submission of the 
reorganization plan under section 502, the President shall 
prepare and submit proposed legislation to Congress con-
taining necessary and appropriate technical and con-
forming amendments to the Acts listed in section 3(15) 
of this Act to reflect the changes made by this Act. 
SEC. 507. REGULATIONS. 
The Administrator may promulgate such regulations 
as the Administrator determines are necessary or appro-
priate to perform the duties of the Administrator. 
SEC. 508. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
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SEC. 509. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
For the fiscal year that includes the effective date 
of this Act, the amount authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this Act shall not exceed— 
(1) the amount appropriated for that fiscal year 
for the Federal agencies identified in section 102(b) 
for the purpose of administering or enforcing the 
food safety law; or 
(2) the amount appropriated for those agencies 
for that purpose for the preceding fiscal year, if, as 
of the effective date of this Act, appropriations for 
those agencies for the fiscal year that includes the 
effective date have not yet been made. 
SEC. 510. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act takes effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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