(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on January 1, 2012. 
SEC. 8. TRANSITION RULES. 
(a) RELATING TO OFFICERS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL DIRECTOR.—The 
initial Director of the United States Census Bureau 
shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions 
of section 5(a). 
(2) INTERIM ROLE OF CURRENT DIRECTOR OF 
THE CENSUS AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEW CEN-
SUS BUREAU.—If, as of January 1, 2012, the initial 
Director of the United States Census Bureau has 
not taken office, the officer serving on December 31, 
2011, as Director of the Census (or Acting Director 
of the Census, if applicable) in the Department of 
Commerce shall serve as the Director of the United 
States Census Bureau, and shall assume the powers 
and duties of such Director, until the initial Director 
has taken office. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF ORDERS, DETERMINATIONS, 
RULES, REGULATIONS, ETC.—All orders, determinations, 
rules, regulations, permits, contracts, collective bargaining 
agreements (and ongoing negotiations relating to such col-
lective bargaining agreements), recognitions of labor orga-
nizations, certificates, licenses, and privileges— 
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(1) which have been issued, made, promulgated, 
granted, or allowed to become effective, in the exer-
cise of functions (A) which were exercised by the 
Secretary of Commerce (or delegate thereof), and 
(B) which relate to functions which, by reason of 
this Act are vested in the Director of the United 
States Census Bureau, and 
(2) which are in effect as of December 31, 
2011, 
shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
modified, terminated, suspended, set aside, or repealed by 
the Director of the United States Census Bureau, except 
that any collective bargaining agreement shall remain in 
effect until the date of termination in accordance with 
such agreement. 
(c) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDINGS.—The provi-
sions of this Act shall not affect any proceeding pending 
before the Secretary of Commerce (or delegate thereof) as 
of December 31, 2011, with respect to functions which 
(by reason of this Act) are vested in the Director of the 
United States Census Bureau, except that such pro-
ceedings, to the extent that such proceedings relate to 
such functions, shall continue before such Director. Orders 
shall be issued under any such proceeding, appeals taken 
therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such 
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orders, in like manner as if this Act had not been enacted, 
and orders issued in any such proceeding shall continue 
in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or re-
pealed by such Director, by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or by operation of law. 
(d) CONTINUATION OF SUITS.—Except as provided 
in this subsection— 
(1) the provisions of this Act shall not affect 
suits commenced before January 1, 2012; and 
(2) in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, 
appeals taken, and judgments rendered, in the same 
manner and effect as if this Act had not been en-
acted. 
No cause of action, and no suit, action, or other pro-
ceeding commenced by or against any officer in such offi-
cer’s official capacity as an officer of the Department of 
Commerce, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
Act. In any suit, action, or other proceeding pending as 
of December 31, 2011, the court or hearing officer may 
at any time, on the motion of the court or hearing officer 
or that of a party, enter an order which will give effect 
to the provisions of this subsection (including, where ap-
propriate, an order for substitution of parties). 
(e) CONTINUATION OF PENALTIES.—This Act shall 
not have the effect of releasing or extinguishing any civil 
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or criminal prosecution, penalty, forfeiture, or liability in-
curred as a result of any function which (by reason of this 
Act) is vested in the Director of the United States Census 
Bureau. 
(f) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Orders and actions of the 
Director of the United States Census Bureau in the exer-
cise of functions vested in such Director by reason of this 
Act shall be subject to judicial review to the same extent 
and in the same manner as if such orders had been made 
and such actions had been taken by the Secretary of Com-
merce in the exercise of such functions immediately before 
the transfer described in section 7(a). Any statutory re-
quirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the 
record, or administrative review that apply to any function 
so vested in such Director shall continue to apply to the 
exercise of such function by such Director. 
(g) EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS.—In the exercise of the 
functions vested in the Director of the United States Cen-
sus Bureau under this Act, such Director shall have the 
same authority as that vested in the Secretary of Com-
merce with respect to the exercise of such functions imme-
diately preceding the vesting of such functions in such Di-
rector, and actions of such Director shall have the same 
force and effect as if exercised by such Secretary. 
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SEC. 9. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the Fed-
eral Cochairpersons of the Commissions established 
under section 15301 of title 40, United States 
Code;’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal Cochairpersons of 
the Commissions established under section 15301 of 
title 40, United States Code; or the Director of the 
United States Census Bureau;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the Com-
missions established under section 15301 of title 40, 
United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commis-
sions established under section 15301 of title 40, 
United States Code, or the United States Census 
Bureau,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2012. 
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Not later than January 1, 2011, the Director of the 
Census shall submit to each House of the Congress draft 
legislation containing any technical and conforming 
amendments to title 13, United States Code, and any 
other provisions which may be necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Act. 
Æ 
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