(d) PAY OF TRANSFERRED PERSONNEL.—The trans-
fer of personnel pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) shall
be without reduction in pay or classification for 5 years
after such transfer.
(e) AUTHORITIES OF DIRECTOR OF OMB.—The Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, at such
time or times as the Director shall provide, may make
such determinations as may be necessary with regard to
the functions transferred by this Act, and to make such
additional incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, li-
abilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unex-
pended balances of appropriations, authorizations, alloca-
tions, and other funds held, used, arising from, available
to, or to be made available in connection with such func-
tions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act.
(f) CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS
OF PRIOR AC-
TIONS.—All orders, determinations, rules, regulations,
certificates, licenses, and privileges which have been is-
sued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective in the
exercise of any duties, powers, or functions which are
transferred under this Act and are in effect at the time
this Act becomes effective shall continue in effect accord-
ing to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded,
set aside, or repealed by the Administrative Law Judge
Corps of the United States or a judge thereof in the exer-
cise of authority vested in the Corps or its members by
this Act, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by oper-
ation of law.
(g) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—(1) Except as pro-
vided in subsections (d)(5) and (e) of section 599b of title
5, United States Code, this Act shall not affect any pro-
ceeding before any department or agency or component
thereof which is pending at the time this Act takes effect.
Such a proceeding shall be continued before the Adminis-
trative Law Judge Corps of the United States or a judge
thereof, or, to the extent the proceeding does not relate
to functions so transferred, shall be continued before the
agency in which it was pending on the effective date of
this Act.
(2) No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced
before the effective date of this Act shall abate by reason
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act and subchapter VI of title 5, United States Code (as
added by section 3 of this Act).
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 593(b) is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5),
and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec-
tively, and
(B) by inserting the following after para-
graph (3):
‘‘(4) the chief administrative law judge of the
Administrative Law Judge Corps of the United
States;’’.
(2) Section 3105 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 3105. Appointment of administrative law judges
‘‘Administrative law judges shall be appointed by the
Council of the Administrative Law Judge Corps pursuant
to sections 596 and 599c of this title.’’.
(3) Section 3344, and the item relating to sec-
tion 3344 in the table of sections for chapter 33, are
repealed.
(4) Subchapter III of chapter 75, and the items
relating to subchapter III and section 7521 in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 75, are
repealed.
(5) Section 559 is amended—
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘chap-
ter 7’’ and all that follows through ‘‘7521’’ and
inserting ‘‘subchapter VI of this chapter, chap-
ter 7, and sections 1305, 3105, 4301(2)(E),
and 5372’’; and
(B) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘chap-
ter 7’’ and all that follows through ‘‘7521’’ and
inserting ‘‘subchapter VI of this chapter, chap-
ter 7, section 1305, 3105, 4301(2)(E), or
5372’’.
(6) Section 1305 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 3105, 3344,’’ and
inserting ‘‘sections 3105,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, and for the purpose of
section 7521 of this title, the Merit Systems
Protection Board may’’.
(7) Section 5514(a)(2) is amended in the fourth
sentence by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘administrative law judge’’.
(8) Section 7105 is amended—
(A) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘, admin-
istrative law judges under section 3105 of this
title,’’; and
(B) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘under
subsection (d) of this section’’ and inserting
‘‘under section 3105 of this title’’.
(9) Section 7132(a) is amended by striking
‘‘appointed by the Authority under section 3105 of
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘appointed under section
3105 of this title who is conducting hearings under
this chapter’’.
(10) Section 7502 is amended by striking
‘‘7521 or’’.
(11) Section 7512(E) is amended by striking
‘‘or 7521’’.
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) Section 6(c) of the Commodity Exchange
Act is amended—
(A) in the second sentence (7 U.S.C. 9)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Administrative Law
Judge designated by the Commission’’ and
inserting ‘‘administrative law judge of the
Administrative Law Judge Corps’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Administrative Law
Judge’’ and inserting ‘‘administrative law
judge’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Administrative Law
Judge’’ each subsequent place it appears (7
U.S.C. 15) and inserting ‘‘administrative law
judge of the Administrative Law Judge Corps’’.
(2) Section 12(b) of the Commodity Exchange
Act (7 U.S.C. 16(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Law Judges,’’.
(3) Section 274B(e)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(e)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘are specially designated by the Attorney
General as having’’ and inserting ‘‘have’’.
(4) Section 1416(a) of the Interstate Land
Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1715(a)) is
amended—
(A) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘,
subject to section 599d of title 5, United States
Code,’’ after ‘‘who may’’;
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(C) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘his
administrative law judges to other administra-
tive law judges or’’ and inserting ‘‘administra-
tive law judges carrying out functions under
this title’’.
(5) Section 488A(b) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1095a(b)) is amended in the
third sentence by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘administrative law judge’’.
(6) Section 509(1) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘subchapter II’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subchapters II and VI’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘employed by the Depart-
ment of Justice’’.
(7) Section 12 of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 661) is amended—
(A) in subsection (e)—
(i) by striking ‘‘administrative law
judges and other’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘: Provided’’ and all
that follows through the end of the sub-
section and inserting a period;
(B) in subsection (j) in the first sentence
by striking ‘‘A’’ and all that follows through
‘‘Commission,’’ and inserting ‘‘An administra-
tive law judge to whom is assigned any proceed-
ing instituted before the Commission shall hear
and make a determination upon the proceeding
and any motion in connection with such pro-
ceeding,’’; and
(C) by striking subsection (k).
(8) Section 502(e)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792(e)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing the second and third sentences and inserting the
following: ‘‘Proceedings required to be conducted
under this section shall be presided over by adminis-
trative law judges appointed under subchapter VI of
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(9) Section 166 of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act (29 U.S.C. 1576(a)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ‘‘of the Department of Labor’’.
(10) Section 5(e) of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 804(e)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) Proceedings required to be conducted in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act shall be presided over
by administrative law judges appointed under subchapter
VI of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(11) Section 113 of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 823) is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (b)(2) by striking all that
follows the second sentence;
(B) in subsection (d)(1) in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘appointed by the Commis-
sion’’ and all that follows through ‘‘by the Com-
mission,’’ and inserting ‘‘to whom is assigned
any proceeding instituted before the Commis-
sion shall hear and make a determination upon
the proceeding and any motion in connection
with the proceeding,’’; and
(C) in subsection (e) in the first sentence
by striking ‘‘its’’ each place it appears.
(12) Section 428(b) of the Black Lung Benefits
Act (30 U.S.C. 938(b)) is amended by striking the
seventh sentence.
(13) Section 321(c)(1) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘subchapter II’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subchapters II and VI’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘employed by the Sec-
retary’’.
(14) Section 3801(a)(7)(A) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘appointed in
the authority’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such
title;’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Administrative Law
Judge Corps;’’.
(15) Section 19(d) of the Longshore and Har-
bor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 919(d))
is amended by amending the second sentence to read
as follows: ‘‘Any such hearing shall be conducted by
an administrative law judge qualified under sub-
chapter VI of chapter 5 of that title.’’.
(16) Section 21(b)(5) of the Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C.
921(b)(5)) is amended by striking the first sentence.
(17) Section 7101(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘7521’’ and in-
serting ‘‘599e’’.
(18) Section 8(b)(1) of the Contract Disputes
Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 607(b)(1)) is amended in
the first sentence by striking ‘‘hearing examiners ap-
pointed pursuant to section 3105 of title 5, United
States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘administrative law
judges appointed under section 3105 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code (as in effect on the day before the
effective date of the Reorganization of the Federal
Administrative Judiciary Act)’’.
(19) Section 705(a) of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4(a)) is amended—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘administrative 
law
judges,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘: Provided’’ and all that
follows through the end of the subsection and
inserting a period.
(20) Section 808(c) of the Act of April 11,
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(c)), is amended—