(2)(A) The National Weather Service shall terminate
its specialized agricultural, Marine Radiofax, and forestry
weather services, and its Regional Climate Centers.
(B) The National Weather Service may terminate any
other specialized weather services not required by law to
be performed.
(n) NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE.—
(1) 
TRANSFER
OF
ENFORCEMENT
FUNC-
TIONS.—There are transferred to the Secretary of
Transportation all functions relating to law enforce-
ment that on the day before the effective date of this
section were authorized to be performed by the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service.
(2) TRANSFER
OF
SCIENCE
FUNCTIONS.——
There are transferred to the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service all functions relat-
ing to science that on the day before the effective
date of this section were authorized to be performed
by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
(3) TRANSFER OF SEAFOOD INSPECTION FUNC-
TIONS.—There are transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture all functions relating to seafood inspec-
tion that on the day before the effective date of this
section were authorized to be performed by the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service.
(o) NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE.—
(1) TRANSFER
OF
GEODESY
FUNCTIONS.—
There are transferred to the Director of the United
States Geological Survey all functions relating to ge-
odesy that on the day before the effective date of
this section were authorized to be performed by the
National Ocean Service.
(2) TRANSFER
OF
MARINE
AND
ESTUARINE
SANCTUARY FUNCTIONS.—There are transferred to
the Secretary of the Interior all functions relating to
marine and estuarine sanctuaries that on the day
before the effective date of this section were author-
ized to be performed by the National Ocean Service.
(p) ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES.—
(1) TRANSFER.—The environmental research
laboratories of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration (other than laboratories of the
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, re-
ferred to in subsection (j)) shall be transferred to
the Commerce Programs Resolution Agency.
(2) DISPOSAL.—The Commerce Programs Res-
olution Agency shall attempt to sell the property of
the laboratories transferred under paragraph (1),
within 18 months after the effective date specified in
section 213(a), to a private sector entity intending
to perform substantially the same functions as were
performed by the laboratories before such effective
date.
(3) REPORT.—If no offer to purchase property
under paragraph (2) is received within the 18-month
period described in such paragraph, the Commerce
Programs Resolution Agency shall submit a report
to the Congress containing recommendations on the
appropriate disposition of the property and functions
of the laboratories transferred under paragraph (1).
SEC. 212. MISCELLANEOUS ABOLISHMENTS.
The following agencies and programs of the Depart-
ment of Commerce are abolished, and the functions of
those agencies or programs are abolished except to the ex-
tent otherwise provided in this Act:
(1) The Economic Development Administration.
(2) The Minority Business Development Admin-
istration.
(3) The United States Travel and Tourism Ad-
ministration.
(4) The National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration.
(5) The Advanced Technology Program under
section 28 of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n).
(6) The Manufacturing Extension Programs
under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k
and 278l).
SEC. 213. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this title shall take effect on the effective date speci-
fied in section 109(a).
(b) PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE ON DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—The following provisions of this title shall take ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act:
(1) Section 201.
(2) Section 206 (a)(2) and (d).
(3) Section 212.
SEC. 214. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USER FEES.
It is the sense of the Congress that the head of each
agency that performs a function vested in the agency by
this Act should, wherever feasible, explore and implement
user fees for the provision of services in the performance
of that function, to offset operating costs.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any other Federal law, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any
document of or pertaining to an office from which a func-
tion is transferred by this Act—
(1) to the Secretary of Commerce or an officer
of the Department of Commerce, is deemed to refer
to the head of the department or office to which
such function is transferred; or
(2) to the Department of Commerce or an
agency in the Department of Commerce is deemed
to refer to the department or office to which such
function is transferred.
SEC. 302. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.
Except as otherwise provided by law, a Federal offi-
cial to whom a function is transferred by this Act may,
for purposes of performing the function, exercise all au-
thorities under any other provision of law that were avail-
able with respect to the performance of that function to
the official responsible for the performance of the function
immediately before the effective date of the transfer of the
function under this Act.
SEC. 303. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, determinations,
rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agree-
ments, certificates, licenses, and privileges—
(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by the President, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, any officer or employee of any
office transferred by this Act, or any other Govern-
ment official, or by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, in the performance of any function that is
transferred by this Act, and
(2) that are in effect on the effective date of
such transfer (or become effective after such date
pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective
date),
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in
accordance with law by the President, any other author-
ized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or operation
of law.
(b) PROCEEDINGS.—This Act shall not affect any
proceedings or any application for any benefits, service,
license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending
on the date of the enactment of this Act before an office
transferred by this Act, but such proceedings and applica-
tions shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such
proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and pay-
ments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this
Act had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such
proceeding shall continue in effect until modified, termi-
nated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official,
with the other officer or the head of such other office, as
applicable, substituted or added as a party.
SEC. 304. TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, so much
of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds em-
ployed, used, held, available, or to be made available in
connection with a function transferred to an official or
agency by this Act shall be available to the official or the
head of that agency, respectively, at such time or times
as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
directs for use in connection with the functions trans-
ferred.
SEC. 305. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.
Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law or
otherwise provided in this Act, an official to whom func-
tions are transferred under this Act (including the head
of any office to which functions are transferred under this
Act) may delegate any of the functions so transferred to
such officers and employees of the office of the official as
the official may designate, and may authorize successive
redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or ap-
propriate. No delegation of functions under this section
or under any other provision of this Act shall relieve the
official to whom a function is transferred under this Act
of responsibility for the administration of the function.
SEC. 306. AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR WITH RESPECT
TO FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Adminis-
trator shall make any determination of the functions that
are transferred under this Act.
(b) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Administrator,
at such time or times as the Administrator 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, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and
unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, al-
locations, and other funds held, used, arising from, avail-
able to, or to be made available in connection with such
functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act. The Administrator shall provide for the termi-
nation of the affairs of all entities terminated by this Act
and for such further measures and dispositions as may
be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 307. PROPOSED CHANGES IN LAW.
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit to the Congress a descrip-
tion of any changes in Federal law necessary to reflect
abolishments, transfers, terminations, and disposals under
this Act.
SEC. 308. CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED
TRANSFERS.
For purposes of this Act, the vesting of a function
in a department or office pursuant to reestablishment of
an office shall be considered to be the transfer of the
function.
SEC. 309. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions
apply:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Commerce
Programs Resolution Agency.
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the
Commerce Programs Resolution Agency.
(3) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,
right, privilege, activity, or program.
(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘office’’ includes any
office, administration, agency, bureau, institute,
council, unit, organizational entity, or component
thereof.
(5) WIND-UP PERIOD.—The term ‘‘wind-up pe-
riod’’ means the period beginning on the effective
date specified in section 109(a) and ending on the
termination date specified in section 106(d).
SEC. 310. LIMITATION ON ANNUAL EXPENDITURES FOR
CONTINUED FUNCTIONS.
The amount expended by the United States each fis-
cal year for performance of a function which immediately
before the effective date of this section was authorized to
be performed by an agency, officer, or employee of the De-
partment of Commerce may not exceed 75 percent of the
total amount expended by the United States for perform-
ance of that function during fiscal year 1994.
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