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(2) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REVIEW.— 
The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academy of Sciences for a review 
of the plan developed under paragraph (1). 
(3) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Science of the House of Rep-
resentatives the initial strategic plan developed under 
paragraph (1) and the review prepared pursuant to 
paragraph (2). Subsequent strategic plans developed 
under paragraph (1) shall also be transmitted to those 
committees upon completion. 
SEC. 10. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Not less than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall 
develop and submit to Congress a policy that defines proc-
esses for making decisions about the roles of the Administra-
tion, the private sector, and the academic community in 
providing environmental information, products, tech-
nologies, and services. The first such submission shall be 
completed not less than 3 years after the date of enactment 
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 
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less than 60 days. Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to require changes in the policy in effect on the date of en-
actment 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 au-
thority of any statute or executive order which resulted in 
the assignment of functions or activities to the Secretary, 
the Department of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Com-
merce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the Administrator, or 
any other officer of the Administration, that is in effect im-
mediately before the date of enactment of this Act, shall con-
tinue in full force and effect after the effective date of this 
Act until modified or rescinded. All suits, appeals, judg-
ments, and proceedings pending on such effective date relat-
ing to responsibilities or functions transferred pursuant to 
this Act shall continue without regard to such transfers, ex-
cept for the transfer of responsibilities or functions. Any 
reference in law to a responsibility, function, or office trans-
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ferred 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 Ad-
ministration employee to discuss scientific research per-
formed by that employee. Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to alter the responsibilities or authorities of any 
other Federal agency. Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to authorize or prohibit the transfer of any program, func-
tion, or project from other Federal agencies to the Adminis-
tration. 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 Administration 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 con-
strued to diminish any authority the Administrator has im-
mediately before the date of enactment of this Act to con-
struct, alter, repair, or acquire by any means a public 
building, as defined at section 3301 of title 40, United 
States Code, or to diminish any authority the Adminis-
trator has immediately before the date of enactment of this 
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Act to lease general purpose office or storage space in any 
building (regardless of whether those authorities are derived 
from laws, executive orders, rules, regulations, or delega-
tions 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 ac-
cordance with this section and shall publish the plan in 
the Federal Register. The Federal Register notice shall so-
licit 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 comments 
received. 
(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— 
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(1) consistent with section 5 and the other provi-
sions 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 in-
formation that is of use across programmatic themes; 
and 
(3) eliminate duplication of effort or overlapping 
efforts among offices. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan, the Ad-
ministrator shall consult with interested parties, including 
the States, academia, industry, conservation organizations, 
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 
facility of the Administration, unless and until the 
Administrator has followed the procedures required by 
this section. 
(2) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Administrator shall 
not close, consolidate, relocate, subdivide, or establish 
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