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(2) identify the personnel and positions of the
agency or agencies (including civil service personnel,
Foreign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred to the Department or any other agency,
separated from service with the agency or agencies, or
be terminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule
for such transfers, separations, and terminations;
(3) identify the personnel and positions of the
Department (including civil service personnel, For-
eign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred within the Department or any other agen-
cy, separated from service with the Department, or
terminated under the plan and set forth a schedule for
such transfers, separations, and terminations;
(4) specify the consolidations, mergers, and reor-
ganization of functions of the Department that will be
required under the plan in order to permit the De-
partment to carry out the functions transferred to the
Department under the plan;
(5) specify the funds available to the independent
foreign affairs agency or agencies that will be trans-
ferred to the Department or any other agency under
this Act as a result of the implementation of the plan;
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(6) specify the proposed allocations within the
Department of the funds specified for transfer under
paragraph (5);
(7) specify the proposed disposition of the prop-
erty, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and
liabilities of the independent foreign affairs agency or
agencies resulting from the abolition of any such
agency and the transfer of the functions of the inde-
pendent foreign affairs agencies to the Department or
to any other agency;
(8) specify a proposed consolidation of adminis-
trative functions to serve the Department of State and
all independent foreign affairs agencies; and
(9) contain a certification by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget that the Director
estimates that the plan will save $1,700,000,000 in
budget authority during fiscal years 1996 through
2000 from the initial level appropriated for fiscal
year 1995 for the following agencies (including ap-
propriations made to accounts administered by such
agencies): the Department of State, the United States
Information Agency, the United States Agency for
International Development, and the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) LIMITATION
ON
REDUCTIONS
IN
PROGRAM
LEVELS.—Not more than 30 percent of the savings re-
quired under subsection (b)(9) may be realized from
reductions in program levels.
(2) LIMITATION ON SAVINGS FROM ADMINISTRA-
TIVE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—
Not more than 15 percent of the savings required
under subsection (b)(9) may come from the adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of State.
(3) LIMITATIONS ON CONTENTS OF PLAN.—Sec-
tions 1606 and 1607 of this Act shall apply to a plan
transmitted under subsection (a).
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.—(1) A plan transmit-
ted under subsection (a) shall become effective on a date
which is 90 calendar days of continuous session of Congress
after the date on which the plan is transmitted to Congress,
unless the Congress enacts a joint resolution, in accordance
with section 1608, disapproving the plan.
(2) Any provision of a plan submitted under sub-
section (a) may take effect later than the date on which
the plan becomes effective.
(e) ABOLITION OF SPECIFIED INDEPENDENT FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AGENCIES.—If the President does not transmit to
Congress within six months after the date of enactment of
this Act a reorganization plan meeting the objectives of sub-
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section (a)(2), then the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agen-
cy, the Agency for International Development, and the
International Development Cooperation Agency (exclusive
of components expressly established by statute or reorga-
nization plan) shall be abolished six months after the expi-
ration of the period for submission of the plan, and the
functions of such agencies shall be transferred in accordance
with section 1601.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘foreign affairs agencies’’ means the
Department of State and the independent foreign af-
fairs agencies; and
(2) the term ‘‘independent foreign affairs agen-
cies’’ means such Federal agencies (other than the De-
partment of State) that solely perform functions that
are funded under major budget category 150 and in-
cludes the United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency, the United States Information Agen-
cy, the Agency for International Development, and
the International Development Cooperation Agency.
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TITLE XVI—TRANSITION
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1601. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.—Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, there are transferred to, and vested
in, the Secretary of State on the effective dates specified
under this section all functions vested by law (including
by reorganization plan approved before the date of the en-
actment of this Act pursuant to chapter 9 of title 5, United
States Code) in, or exercised by, the head of each of the
following agencies, the agencies themselves, or officers, em-
ployees, or components thereof, immediately prior to such
date:
(1) The United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency, on the effective date of title XII.
(2) The United States Information Agency, on
the effective date of title XIII.
(3) The Agency for International Development
and the International Development Cooperation Agen-
cy (exclusive of components expressly established by
statute or reorganization plan), on the effective date
of title XIV.
(b) BROADCASTING BOARD
OF GOVERNORS.—There
are transferred to, and vested in, the Broadcasting Board
of Governors of the Department of State under title III of
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the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994
and 1995 (as amended by section 1306 of this Act) on the
effective date of title XIII all functions vested by law in,
or exercised by, the Broadcasting Board of Governors of the
United States Information Agency as of the day before that
date.
(c) OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.—There are transferred to the
Chief Financial Officer of the Department of State on the
effective date of title XIV all functions that were vested by
law in, or exercised by, the Chief Financial Officer of the
Agency for International Development immediately prior
to such date.
(d) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
OF
THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.—There are
transferred to the Inspector General for Foreign Affairs of
the Department of State, as established in section 209 of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this Act)
on the effective dates specified under this subsection the fol-
lowing functions:
(1) On the effective date of title XIII: All func-
tions that were vested by law in, or exercised by, the
Inspector General of the United States Information
Agency immediately prior to such date.
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(2) On the effective date of title XIV: All func-
tions that were vested by law in, or exercised by, the
Inspector General of the Agency for International De-
velopment immediately prior to such date.
(e) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion precludes a transfer of functions on a date prior to
an effective date specified under this section if the transfer
is made in accordance with the schedule of transfers set
forth in a reorganization plan approved under this title.
SEC. 1602. DETERMINATION OF TRANSFERRED FUNCTIONS
AND EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the Secretary of State shall, with the cooperation of the
head of the transferor agency, identify the functions or em-
ployees, or both, of the agency that are to be transferred
to the Department of State pursuant to section 1601. Any
disagreements between the head of such an agency and the
Secretary with respect to such an identification shall be re-
solved by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
(b) AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
The Secretary of State shall determine the functions of the
Agency for International Development, and the number of
employees of such Agency necessary to perform or support
such functions, which are to be transferred from the Agency
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for International Development to the Department of State
pursuant to section 1601.
SEC. 1603. REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR THE UNITED
STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
AGENCY.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—In the event of the aboli-
tion of the independent foreign affairs agencies specified in
section 1501(e), not later than 90 days before their aboli-
tion, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a reorganization plan providing for—
(1) the abolition of the United States Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament Agency in accordance with
this title;
(2) the transfer to the Department of State of the
functions and personnel of the Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency as the President determines nec-
essary to carry out the primary functions of the
Agency, consistent with this title and title XII; and
(3) 
the 
consolidation, 
reorganization, 
and
streamlining of the Department upon the transfer of
functions under this title in order to carry out such
functions.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a)
shall—
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(1) identify the functions of the Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency that will be transferred to
the Department under the plan, as well as those that
will be abolished under the plan;
(2) identify the personnel and positions of the
Agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign
Service personnel, and detailees) that will be trans-
ferred to the Department, separated from service with
the Agency, or be terminated under the plan, and set
forth a schedule for such transfers, separations, and
terminations;
(3) identify the personnel and positions of the
Department (including civil service personnel, For-
eign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred within the Department, separated from
service with the Department, or terminated under the
plan and set forth a schedule for such transfers, sepa-
rations, and terminations;
(4) specify the consolidations and reorganization
of functions of the Department that will be required
under the plan in order to permit the Department to
carry out the functions transferred to the Department
under the plan;
(5) specify the funds available to the Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament Agency that will be transferred
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to the Department under this title as a result of the
abolition of the Agency;
(6) specify the proposed allocations within the
Department of unexpended funds of the Agency that
will be transferred to the Department under the plan;
and
(7) specify the proposed disposition of the prop-
erty, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and
liabilities of the Agency that will result from the abo-
lition of the Agency and the transfer of the functions
of the Agency to the Department under the plan.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.—The plan transmitted
under subsection (a) shall become effective on the date which
is 90 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after
the date on which the plan is transmitted to Congress, un-
less the Congress enacts a joint resolution, in accordance
with section 1608, disapproving the plan.
(d) REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES.—(1) In implementa-
tion of any plan submitted under subsection (a), the Direc-
tor of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency shall take such actions as necessary, including ac-
tions under section 611 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4010a), in the case of members of the Foreign
Service, or under regulations prescribed under section 3502
of title 5, United States Code, and procedures established
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under section 3595, of title 5, United States Code, in the
case of Federal employees who are not members of the For-
eign Service, to reduce by eight percent the number of em-
ployees employed by the Agency on the date of the enactment
of this Act. The Director shall achieve the reduction not
later than the effective date of the plan submitted under
subsection (a).
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the transfer of any
employee of the Agency to the Department of State, or to
any other department or agency of the United States, shall
be excluded from the computation of the percentage reduc-
tion in personnel under this subsection.
(e) REDUCTION IN FUNDS FOR SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT PLAN.—If the Sec-
retary of State and the Director of the United States Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency do not complete the im-
plementation of the reorganization plan of the Agency
under this section in accordance with the schedule in the
plan as approved under section 1608, the amount of funds
that the Secretary and the Director may obligate for sala-
ries and expenses of the Department of State and the Agen-
cy, respectively, in the fiscal year in which the implementa-
tion of the plan is otherwise scheduled to be completed under
the plan shall be reduced by an amount equal to 20 percent
of the amount otherwise appropriated to the Department
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and the Agency, respectively, in that fiscal year for salaries
and expenses.
SEC. 1604. REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR THE UNITED
STATES INFORMATION AGENCY.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—In the event of the aboli-
tion of the independent foreign affairs agencies specified in
section 1501(e), not later than 90 days before their aboli-
tion, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a reorganization plan providing for—
(1) the abolition of the United States Informa-
tion Agency in accordance with this title;
(2) the transfer to the Department of State of the
functions and personnel of the United States Informa-
tion Agency as the President determines necessary to
carry out the primary functions of the Agency, con-
sistent with this title and title XIII and subject to
paragraph (3);
(3) the transfer to the corresponding components
of the Department of State of such functions and per-
sonnel of the components of the Agency described in
sections 1601(b) and 1601(d)(1) as the President de-
termines necessary to carry out the primary functions
of those components; and
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(4) 
the 
consolidation, 
reorganization, 
and
streamlining of the Department upon the transfer of
functions under this title in order to carry out such
functions.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a)
shall—
(1) identify the functions of the United States
Information Agency that will be transferred to the
Department under the plan, as well as those that will
be abolished under the plan;
(2) identify the personnel and positions of the
Agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign
Service personnel, and detailees) that will be trans-
ferred to the Department, separated from service with
the Agency, or be terminated under the plan, and set
forth a schedule for such transfers, separations, and
terminations;
(3) identify the personnel and positions of the
Department (including civil service personnel, For-
eign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred within the Department, separated from
service with the Department, or terminated under the
plan, and set forth a schedule for such transfers, sepa-
rations, and terminations;
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(4) specify the consolidations and reorganization
of functions of the Department that will be required
under the plan in order to permit the Department to
carry out the functions transferred to the Department
under the plan;
(5) specify the funds available to the United
States Information Agency that will be transferred to
the Department under this title as a result of the abo-
lition of the Agency;
(6) specify the proposed allocations within the
Department of unexpended funds of the Agency that
will be transferred to the Department under the plan;
and
(7) specify the proposed disposition of the prop-
erty, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and
liabilities of the Agency that will result from the abo-
lition of the Agency and the transfer of the functions
of the Agency to the Department under the plan.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.—The plan transmitted
under subsection (a) shall become effective on the date which
is 90 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after
the date on which the plan is transmitted to Congress, un-
less the Congress enacts a joint resolution, in accordance
with section 1608, disapproving the plan.
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(d) REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), in implementation of any plan submitted under
subsection (a), the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency shall take such actions as necessary, including
actions under section 611 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4010a), in the case of members of the Foreign
Service, or under regulations prescribed under section 3502
of title 5, United States Code, and procedures established
under section 3595, of title 5, United States Code, in the
case of Federal employees who are not members of the For-
eign Service, to reduce by 25 percent the number of employ-
ees employed by the Agency on the date of the enactment
of this Act. The Director shall achieve the reduction not
later than the effective date of the plan submitted under
subsection (a).
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the transfer of any
employee of the Agency to the Department of State, or to
any other department or agency of the United States, shall
be excluded from the computation of the percentage reduc-
tion in personnel under this subsection.
(3) In reducing the number of employees employed by
the Agency under this subsection, the Director shall ensure
that the number of members of the Foreign Service em-
ployed by the Agency does not exceed the number of such
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members authorized to be employed by the Agency under
section 141.
(e) REDUCTION IN FUNDS FOR SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT PLAN.—If the Sec-
retary of State and the Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency do not complete the implementation of the
reorganization plan of the Agency under this section in ac-
cordance with the schedule in the plan as approved under
section 1608, the amount of funds that the Secretary and
the Director may obligate for salaries and expenses of the
Department of State and the Agency, respectively, in the
fiscal year in which the implementation of the plan is other-
wise scheduled to be completed under the plan shall be re-
duced by an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount oth-
erwise appropriated to the Department and the Agency, re-
spectively, in that fiscal year for salaries and expenses.
SEC. 1605. REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—In the event of the aboli-
tion of the independent foreign affairs agencies specified in
section 1501(e), not later than 90 days before their aboli-
tion, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a reorganization plan providing for—
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(1) the abolition of the Agency for International
Development in accordance with this title;
(2) the transfer to the Department of State of the
functions and personnel of the Agency for Inter-
national Development as the President determines
necessary to carry out the primary functions of the
Agency, consistent with this title and title XIV;
(3) the transfer to the corresponding components
of the Department of State of such functions and per-
sonnel of the components of the Agency described in
sections 1601(c) and 1601(d)(2) as the President de-
termines necessary to carry out the primary functions
of those components; and
(4) 
the 
consolidation, 
reorganization, 
and
streamlining of the Department upon the transfer of
functions under this title in order to carry out such
functions.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a)
shall—
(1) identify the functions of the Agency for Inter-
national Development that will be transferred to the
Department under the plan, as well as those that will
be abolished under the plan;
(2) identify the personnel and positions of the
Agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign
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Service personnel, and detailees) that will be trans-
ferred to the Department, separated from service with
the Agency, or be terminated under the plan, and set
forth a schedule for such transfers, separations, and
terminations;
(3) identify the personnel and positions of the
Department (including civil service personnel, For-
eign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred within the Department, separated from
service with the Department, or terminated under the
plan and set forth a schedule for such transfers, sepa-
rations, and terminations;
(4) specify the consolidations and reorganization
of functions of the Department that will be required
under the plan in order to permit the Department to
carry out the functions transferred to the Department
under the plan;
(5) specify the funds available to the Agency for
International Development that will be transferred to
the Department under this title as a result of the abo-
lition of the Agency;
(6) specify the proposed allocations within the
Department of unexpended funds of the Agency that
will be transferred to the Department under the plan;
and
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(7) specify the proposed disposition of the prop-
erty, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and
liabilities of the Agency that will result from the abo-
lition of the Agency and the transfer of the functions
of the Agency to the Department under the plan.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.—The plan transmitted
under subsection (a) shall become effective on the date which
is 90 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after
the date on which the plan is transmitted to Congress, un-
less the Congress enacts a joint resolution, in accordance
with section 1608, disapproving the plan.
(d) REDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), in implementation of any plan submitted under
subsection (a), the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall take such actions as necessary,
including actions under section 611 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010a), in the case of members of
the Foreign Service, or under regulations prescribed under
section 3502 of title 5, United States Code, and procedures
established under section 3595, of title 5, United States
Code, in the case of Federal employees who are not members
of the Foreign Service, to reduce by 50 percent the number
of employees employed by the Agency on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. The Administrator shall achieve the
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reduction not later than the effective date of the plan sub-
mitted under subsection (a).
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the transfer of any
employee of the Agency to the Department of State, or any
other department or agency of the United States, shall be
excluded from the computation of the percentage reduction
in personnel under this subsection.
(3) In reducing the number of employees employed by
the Agency under this subsection, the Administrator shall
ensure that the number of members of the Foreign Service
employed by the Agency does not exceed the number of such
members authorized to be employed by the Agency under
section 141.
(e) REDUCTION IN FUNDS FOR SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT PLAN.—If the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development do not complete the implemen-
tation of the reorganization plan of the Agency under this
section in accordance with the schedule in the plan as ap-
proved under section 1608, the amount of funds that the
Secretary and the Administrator may obligate for salaries
and expenses of the Department of State and the Agency,
respectively, in the fiscal year in which the implementation
of the plan is otherwise scheduled to be completed under
the plan shall be reduced by an amount equal to 20 percent
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of the amount otherwise appropriated to the Department
and the Agency, respectively, in that fiscal year for salaries
and expenses.
SEC. 1606. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
ON REORGANIZATION PLANS.
(a) LIMITATION ON POWERS.—A reorganization plan
under section 1501, 1603, 1604, or 1605 may not have the
effect of—
(1) creating a new executive department;
(2) continuing a function beyond the period au-
thorized by law for its exercise or beyond the time
when it would have terminated if the reorganization
had not been made;
(3) authorizing an agency to exercise a function
which is not authorized by law at the time the plan
is transmitted to Congress;
(4) creating a new agency which is not a compo-
nent or part of an existing executive department or
independent agency;
(5) increasing the term of an office beyond that
provided by law for the office; or
(6) terminating any function authorized by law.
(b) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS, PENDING LEGAL PRO-
CEEDINGS, AND UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) A
statute enacted, and a regulation or other action made, pre-
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scribed, issued, granted, or performed in respect of or by
the agency or function affected by a reorganization under
this title, before the effective date of the reorganization, has,
except to the extent rescinded, modified, superseded, or made
inapplicable by or under authority of law or by the aboli-
tion of a function, the same effect as if the reorganization
had not been made. However, if the statute, regulation, or
other action has vested the functions in a transferor agency,
the function, insofar as it is to be exercised after the plan
becomes effective, shall be deemed as vested in the transferee
agency concerned.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘regu-
lation or other action’’ means a regulation, rule, order, pol-
icy, determination, directive, authorization, permit, privi-
lege, requirement, designation, or other action.
(c) NOTICE
OF IMPLEMENTATION
OF PLANS.—The
President shall cause to be published in the Federal Register
for each reorganization plan submitted under section 1501,
1603, 1604, or 1605 a notice of the date by which all func-
tions of the transferor agency are to be transferred or termi-
nated under the plan.
(d) TRANSMITTAL OF REORGANIZATION PLANS.—Sec-
tion 903(b) of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to
each reorganization plan submitted under section 1501,
1603, 1604, or 1605.
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SEC. 1607. AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO REORGA-
NIZATION PLANS.
Any time during the period of 30 calendar days after
the date on which a reorganization plan is transmitted to
Congress under section 1501, 1603, 1604, or 1605, or after
the date on which the President transmits to Congress any
other plan having the effect of revising such a plan, but
before any resolution described in section 1608 has been or-
dered reported in (or deemed to be discharged from) either
House of Congress, the President may make amendments
or modifications to the plan, consistent with section 1501,
1603, 1604, or 1605, as the case may be, which modifica-
tions or revisions shall thereafter be treated as a part of
the reorganization plan originally transmitted and shall
not affect in any way the time limits otherwise provided
for in section 1608. The President may withdraw the plan
at any time prior to the conclusion of 45 calendar days
beginning on the date on which the plan is submitted to
Congress, except that the President may only withdraw a
plan if a revised plan is immediately substituted for that
plan.
SEC. 1608. PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDER-
ATION OF REORGANIZATION PLANS.
(a) PROCEDURES.—(1) A joint resolution described in
subsection (b) which is introduced in a House of Congress
in accordance with subsection (c) shall be considered in
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Congress in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
section.
(2) For purposes of this title and title XV—
(A) continuity of session of Congress is broken
only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and
(B) the days on which either House is not in ses-
sion because of an adjournment of more than 3 days
to a day certain are excluded in the computation of
any period of time in which Congress is in continu-
ous session.
(b) TERMS OF RESOLUTION.—For the purpose of sub-
section (a), the term ‘‘resolution’’ means only a joint resolu-
tion of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress disapproves the
reorganization plan numbered 
transmitted to the Con-
gress by the President on 
, 19
, pursuant
to section 
of the Foreign Affairs Reinvention Act of
1995.’’, and includes such modifications and revisions as
are submitted by the President under section 1607. The
blank spaces therein are to be filled appropriately. The term
does not include a resolution which specifies more than one
reorganization plan.
(c) INTRODUCTION
AND REFERENCE
OF RESOLU-
TION.—(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (b) is
only entitled to expedited procedures set forth in this section
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if the resolution is introduced in a House of Congress by
a Member of that House within 10 calendar days of contin-
uous session of Congress of the transmittal of a reorganiza-
tion plan under section 1501, 1603, 1604, or 1605.
(2) Any resolution with respect to a reorganization
plan shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives by the President of
the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
as the case may be. The committee shall make its rec-
ommendations to the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate, as the case may be, within 30 calendar days following
the date of such resolution’s introduction.
(d) MOTION TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE CONSIDERING
RESOLUTION.—(1) If the committee to which is referred a
resolution introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c) has not reported such resolution at the end of
30 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after its
introduction, it shall be in order to move either to discharge
the committee from further consideration of the resolution
or to discharge the committee from further consideration of
any other resolution introduced with respect to the same
plan which has been referred to the committee, except that
no motion to discharge shall be in order after the committee
has reported a resolution with respect to the same plan.
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(2) A motion to discharge under paragraph (1) may
be made only by a Senator favoring the resolution, is privi-
leged, and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than
1 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and
those opposing the resolution, the time to be divided equally
between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees. An amendment to the mo-
tion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed
to.
(e) PROCEDURE AFTER REPORT OR DISCHARGE OF
COMMITTEE; DEBATE; VOTE
ON FINAL PASSAGE.—(1)
When the committee has reported, or has been discharged
(under subsection (d)) from further consideration of, a reso-
lution with respect to a reorganization plan, it is at any
time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to
the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of
the respective House to move to proceed to the consideration
of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is
not debatable. The motion shall not be subject to amend-
ment, or to a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed
to the consideration of other business. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of the resolution is agreed to, the resolution shall
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remain the unfinished business of the respective House until
disposed of.
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable mo-
tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited
to not more than ten hours, which shall be divided equally
between individuals favoring and individuals opposing the
resolution. A motion further to limit debate is in order and
not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone,
or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not in order.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is
passed or rejected shall not be in order.
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate
on the resolution with respect to a reorganization plan, and
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate
House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall
occur.
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating
to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a resolution with respect to a reorganization plan
shall be decided without debate.
(5) If, prior to the passage by one House of a resolution
of that House, that House receives a resolution with respect
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to the same reorganization plan from the other House,
then—
(A) the procedure in that House shall be the
same as if no resolution had been received from the
other House; but
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the reso-
lution of the other House.
(f) RULES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES ON REORGANIZATION PLANS.—Subsections (b), (c),
(d), and (e) of this section are enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of
each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-
spect to the procedure to be followed in that House in
the case of resolutions with respect to any reorganiza-
tion plans transmitted to Congress in accordance
with section 1501, 1603, 1604, or 1605, or any other
plan transmitted by the President to Congress having
the effect of revising such a plan, and they supersede
other rules only to the extent that they are inconsist-
ent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as re-
lating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
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in the same manner and to the same extent as in the
case of any other rule of that House.
SEC. 1609. TRANSITION FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established on
the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the
‘‘Foreign Affairs Reorganization Transition Fund’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the account is to pro-
vide funds for the orderly transfer of functions and person-
nel to the Department of State as a result of the implemen-
tation of this title and for payment of other costs associated
with the consolidation of foreign affairs agencies under this
title.
(c) DEPOSITS.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),
there shall be deposited into the account the following:
(A) Funds appropriated to the account pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations in subsection
(j).
(B) Funds transferred to the account by the Sec-
retary of State from funds that are transferred to the
Secretary by the head of an agency under subsection
(d).
(C) Funds transferred to the account by the Sec-
retary from funds that are transferred to the Depart-
ment of State together with the transfer of functions
to the Department under this title and that are not
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required by the Secretary in order to carry out the
functions.
(D) Funds transferred to the account by the Sec-
retary from any unobligated funds that are appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment.
(2) The Secretary may transfer funds to the account
under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) only if the Sec-
retary determines that the amount of funds deposited in the
account pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of that
paragraph is inadequate to pay the costs of carrying out
this title.
(3) The Secretary may transfer funds to the account
under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) only if the Sec-
retary determines that the amount of funds deposited in the
account pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of
that paragraph is inadequate to pay the costs of carrying
out this title.
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO SECRETARY OF STATE.—
The head of a transferor agency shall transfer to the Sec-
retary the amount, if any, of the unobligated funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the agency for func-
tions of the agency that are abolished under this title which
funds are not required to carry out the functions of the
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agency as a result of the abolishment of the functions under
this title.
(e) USE
OF FUNDS.—(1)(A) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall use sums in the account for payment of the
costs of carrying out this title, including costs relating to
the consolidation of functions of the Department of State
and the termination of employees of the Department.
(B) The Secretary may transfer sums in the account
to the head of an agency to be abolished under this division
for payment by the head of the agency of the cost of carrying
out a voluntary separation incentive program at the agency
under section 1610.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
Secretary may not use sums in the account for payment
of the costs described in paragraph (1) unless the appro-
priate congressional committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such use in accordance with procedures applicable
to reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2706).
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the following
uses of sums in the account:
(i) For payment of the cost of carrying out a vol-
untary separation incentive program at the Depart-
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ment under section 1610, but only if the total cost of
the program with respect to the Department is less
than $10,000,000.
(ii) For transfer to the head of an agency to be
abolished under this division for payment of the cost
of carrying out a voluntary separation incentive pro-
gram at the agency under section 1610, but only if
the total amount transferred with respect to the agen-
cy is less than $30,000,000.
(iii) For payment of the cost of any severance
payments required to be paid by the Secretary to em-
ployees of the Department, but only if the cost of such
payments is less than $10,000,000.
(iv) For transfer to the head of an agency to be
abolished under this division for payment of the cost
of any severance payments required to be paid to em-
ployees of the agency, but only if the total amount
transferred with respect to the agency is less than
$40,000,000.
(v) For payment of the cost of any improvements
of the information management systems of the De-
partment that are carried out as a result of the abol-
ishment of agencies under this division, but only if
the 
cost 
of 
such 
improvements 
is 
less 
than
$15,000,000.
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(vi) For payment of the cost of the physical relo-
cation of fixtures, materials, and other resources from
an agency to be abolished under this division to the
Department or of such relocation within the Depart-
ment, but only if the cost of such relocation is less
than $10,000,000.
(3) Funds in the account shall be available for the pay-
ment of costs under paragraph (1) without fiscal year limi-
tation.
(4) Funds in the account may be used only for pur-
poses of paying the costs of carrying out this title.
(f) TREATMENT
OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), unobligated funds, if any, which
remain in the account after the payment of the costs de-
scribed in subsection (e)(1) shall be transferred to the De-
partment of State and shall be available to the Secretary
of State for purposes of carrying out the functions of the
Department.
(2) The Secretary may not transfer funds in the ac-
count to the Department under paragraph (1) unless the
appropriate congressional committees are notified in ad-
vance of such transfer in accordance with the procedures
applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 34
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
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(g) REPORT ON ACCOUNT.—Not later than October 1,
1998, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report containing an ac-
counting of—
(1) the expenditures from the account established
under this section; and
(2) in the event of any transfer of funds to the
Department of State under subsection (f), the func-
tions for which the funds so transferred were ex-
pended.
(h) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY
TO
USE
AC-
COUNT.—The Secretary may not obligate funds in the ac-
count after September 30, 1999.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1996
$125,000,000 and for the fiscal year 1997 $100,000,000, for
deposit under subsection (c)(1)(A) into the account estab-
lished under subsection (a).
SEC. 1610. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO PAY INCENTIVES.—The head of an
agency referred to in subsection (b) may pay voluntary in-
centive payments to employees of the agency in order to
avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations
from the agency as a result of the abolition of the agency
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and the consolidation of functions of the Department of
State under this title.
(b) COVERED AGENCIES.—Subsection (a) applies to
the following agencies:
(1) The Department of State.
(2) The United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency.
(3) The United States Information Agency.
(4) The Agency for International Development.
(c) PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The head of an
agency shall pay voluntary separation incentive payments
in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226;
108 Stat. 111), except that an employee of the agency shall
be deemed to be eligible for payment of a voluntary separa-
tion incentive payment under that section if the employee
separates from service with the agency during the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending
on September 30, 1996.
(2) The provisions of subsection (d) of such section 3
shall apply to any employee who is paid a voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payment under this section.
(d) FUNDING.—The payment of voluntary separation
incentive payments under this section shall be made from
funds in the Foreign Affairs Reorganization Transition
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Fund established under section 1609. The Secretary of State
may transfer sums in that fund to the head of an agency
under subsection (e)(1)(B) of that section for payment of
such payments by the agency head.
(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of
the head of an agency to authorize payment of voluntary
separation incentive payments under this section shall ex-
pire on September 30, 1996.
(f) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—Any new spending
authority (within the meaning of section 401 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974) which is provided under this
section shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the ex-
tent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts.
(g) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET PUR-
POSES.—(1) In addition to any other payments which an
agency referred to in subsection (b) is required to make
under section 4(a)(1) of the Federal Workforce Restructur-
ing Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226; 108 Stat. 114; 5
U.S.C. 8331 note), each such agency shall remit to the Office
of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury to the
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
an amount equal to 9 percent of final basic pay of each
employee of the agency—
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(A) who, on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, retires under section 8336(d)(2) of title 5,
United States Code; and
(B) to whom a voluntary separation incentive
payment is paid under this section by such agency
based on that retirement.
(2) In addition to any other payments which an agen-
cy referred to in subsection (b) is required to make under
section 4(b)(1) of such Act in fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998, each such agency shall remit to the Office of Personnel
Management for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of
the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 0.5 percent of the basic pay of each em-
ployee of the agency who, as of March 31 of such fiscal year,
is subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the head of an agency referred to in subsection (b)
may not pay voluntary separation incentive payments
under this section unless sufficient funds are available in
the Foreign Affairs Reorganization Transition Fund to
cover the cost of such payments and the amount of the re-
mittances required of the agency under paragraphs (1) and
(2).
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SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF ABOLISHED AGEN-
CIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided by
this title, the transfer pursuant to this title of full-time per-
sonnel (except special Government employees) and part-
time personnel holding permanent positions shall not cause
any such employee to be separated or reduced in grade or
compensation for one year after the date of transfer of such
employee under this title.
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.—Except as
otherwise provided in this title, any person who, on the day
preceding the date of the abolition of a transferor agency
under this title, held a position in such an agency that was
compensated in accordance with the Executive Schedule
prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, and
who, without a break in service, is appointed in a transferee
agency to a position having duties comparable to the duties
performed immediately preceding such appointment, shall
continue to be compensated in such new position at not less
than the rate provided for such previous position for the
duration of the service of such person in such new position.
(c) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.—Positions
whose incumbents are appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, the functions of
which are transferred or abolished under this title, shall ter-
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minate on the date of the transferal or abolition, as the case
may be, of the functions under this title.
(d) EXCEPTED SERVICE.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), in the case of employees occupying positions in the ex-
cepted service or the Senior Executive Service, any appoint-
ment authority established pursuant to law or regulations
of the Office of Personnel Management for filling such posi-
tions shall be transferred.
(2) The Department of State may decline a transfer
of authority under paragraph (1) (and the employees ap-
pointed pursuant thereto) to the extent that such authority
relates to positions excepted from the competitive service be-
cause of their confidential, policy-making, policy-determin-
ing, or policy-advocating character, and noncareer posi-
tions in the Senior Executive Service (within the meaning
of section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code).
(e) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—A transferring em-
ployee in the Senior Executive Service shall be placed in
a comparable position at the Department of State.
(f) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS.—(1) Any em-
ployee accepting employment with the Department of State
as a result of a transfer under this title may retain member-
ship for 1 year after the date such transfer occurs in any
employee benefit program of the transferor agency, includ-
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ing insurance, to which such employee belongs on the date
of the enactment of this Act if—
(A) the employee does not elect to give up the
benefit or membership in the program; and
(B) the benefit or program is continued by the
Secretary of State.
(2) The difference in the costs between the benefits
which would have been provided by such agency or entity
and those provided under this subsection shall be paid by
the Secretary of State.
(3) If an employee elects to give up membership in a
health insurance program or the health insurance program
is not continued by the Secretary of State, the employee
shall be permitted to select an alternate Federal health in-
surance program within 30 days of such election or notice,
without regard to any other regularly scheduled open sea-
son.
(g) ASSIGNMENTS.—(1) Transferring employees shall
receive notice of their position assignments not later than
the date on which the reorganization plan setting forth the
transferal of such employees is transmitted to the appro-
priate congressional committees under this title.
(2) Foreign Service personnel transferred to the De-
partment of State pursuant to this title shall be eligible for
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any assignment open to Foreign Service personnel within
the Department.
SEC. 1612. TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
this title, the personnel employed in connection with, and
the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unex-
pended balances of appropriations, authorizations, alloca-
tions, and other funds employed, used, held, arising from,
available to, or to be made available in connection with
the functions transferred under this title, subject to section
1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be transferred
to the transferee agency concerned.
(b) TREATMENT OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN TERMI-
NATED FUNCTIONS.—The following shall apply with respect
to officers and employees of a transferor agency that are
not transferred under this title:
(1) Under such regulations as the Office of Per-
sonnel Management may prescribe, the head of any
agency in the executive branch may appoint in the
competitive service any person who is certified by the
head of the transferor agency as having served satis-
factorily in the transferor agency and who passes
such examination as the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may prescribe. Any person so appointed shall,
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upon completion of the prescribed probationary pe-
riod, acquire a competitive status.
(2) The head of any agency in the executive
branch having an established merit system in the ex-
cepted service may appoint in such service any per-
son who is certified by the head of the transferor
agency as having served satisfactorily in the trans-
feror agency and who passes such examination as the
head of such agency in the executive branch may pre-
scribe.
(3) Any appointment under this subsection shall
be made within a period of one year after completion
of the appointee’s service in the transferor agency.
(4) Any law, Executive order, or regulation
which would disqualify an applicant for appointment
in the competitive service or in the excepted service
concerned shall also disqualify an applicant for ap-
pointment under this subsection.
(c) AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE.—When an agency is abolished under this division, the
limitations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 under section
141 of this Act on the members of the Foreign Service au-
thorized to be employed by such agency shall be added to
the limitations under such section which apply to the De-
partment of State.
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SEC. 1613. PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES FOR TRANSFERRED
FUNCTIONS.
(a) APPOINTMENTS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the
head of a transferee agency may appoint and fix the com-
pensation of such officers and employees, including inves-
tigators, attorneys, and administrative law judges, as may
be necessary to carry out the respective functions trans-
ferred to the agency under this title. Except as otherwise
provided by law, such officers and employees shall be ap-
pointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their
compensation fixed in accordance with title 5, United
States Code.
(2) A person employed under paragraph (1) may not
continue in such employment after the end of the period
(as determined by the Secretary of State) required for the
transferal of functions under this title.
(b) EXPERTS
AND CONSULTANTS.—The head of a
transferee agency may obtain the services of experts and
consultants in connection with functions transferred to the
agency under this title in accordance with section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, and compensate such experts
and consultants for each day (including traveltime) at rates
not in excess of the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of such title. The head of the
transferee agency may pay experts and consultants who are
serving away from their homes or regular place of business
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travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates
authorized by sections 5702 and 5703 of such title for per-
sons in Government service employed intermittently.
SEC. 1614. PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall review
the property and facilities of each transferor agency for
purposes of determining if the property is required by the
Department of State in order to carry out the functions
of the Department after the transfer of functions to the De-
partment under this title.
(b) DEADLINE FOR TRANSFER.—Not later than March
1, 1997, all property and facilities within the custody of
the transferor agency shall be transferred to the custody of
the Secretary of State.
SEC. 1615. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.
Except where otherwise expressly prohibited by law or
otherwise provided by this Act, the head of a transferee
agency may delegate any of the functions transferred to the
head of the transferee agency under section 1601 and any
function transferred or granted to such head of the trans-
feree agency after the appropriate effective date specified in
section 1601 to such officers and employees of the transferee
agency as the head of the transferee agency may designate,
and may authorize successive redelegations of such func-
tions as may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation
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of functions by the head of the transferee agency under this
section or under any other provision of this title shall re-
lieve such head of the transferee agency of responsibility for
the administration of such functions.
SEC. 1616. RULES.
The head of a transferee agency may prescribe, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of chapters 5 and 6 of title
5, United States Code, such rules and regulations as the
head of the transferee agency determines necessary or ap-
propriate to administer and manage the functions of the
transferee agency after the transfer of functions to the agen-
cy under this title.
SEC. 1617. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
may, at such time or times as the Director shall provide,
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 functions
abolished or transferred under this title, as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this title. The Director
shall provide for the termination of the affairs of all entities
terminated by this title and for such further measures and
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dispositions as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this title.
SEC. 1618. EFFECT ON CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON NEW OR EXTENDED CONTRACTS
OR GRANTS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the
United States Information Agency, and the Agency for
International Development may not—
(1) enter into a contract or agreement which will
continue in force after the date of abolition of such
agency under this division;
(2) extend the term of an existing contract or
agreement of such agency to a date after such date;
or
(3) make a grant which will continue in force
after such date.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the
following:
(1) Contracts and agreements for carrying out
essential administrative functions.
(2) Contracts and agreements for functions and
activities that the Secretary of State determines will
be carried out by the Department of State after the
termination of the agency concerned under this title.
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(3) Grants relating to the functions and activi-
ties referred to in paragraph (2).
(c) EVALUATION AND TERMINATION OF EXISTING CON-
TRACTS.—The Secretary of State and the head of each agen-
cy referred to in subsection (a) shall—
(1) review the contracts of such agency that will
continue in force after the date of the abolition of the
agency under this division in order to determine if
the cost of abrogating such contracts before that date
would exceed the cost of carrying out the contract ac-
cording to its terms; and
(2) in the case of each contract so determined,
provide for the termination of the contract in the
most cost-effective manner practicable.
SEC. 1619. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) CONTINUING EFFECT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All
orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agree-
ments, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations,
privileges, and other administrative actions—
(1) which have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by the President, any Fed-
eral agency or official thereof, or by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions
which are transferred under this title, and
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(2) which are in effect at the time of the appro-
priate effective date specified in section 1601, or were
final before such effective date and are to become effec-
tive on or after such effective date,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modi-
fied, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accord-
ance with law by the President, the head of the transferee
agency concerned or other authorized official, a court of
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(b) PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions of
this title shall not affect any proceedings, including notices
of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any license,
permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before
a transferor agency at the time this title takes effect for
the agency, with respect to functions transferred under this
title but such proceedings and applications shall be contin-
ued. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals
shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pur-
suant to such orders, as if this title had not been enacted,
and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue
in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked
by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent juris-
diction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this subsection
shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or modifica-
tion of any such proceeding under the same terms and con-
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ditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could
have been discontinued or modified if this title had not been
enacted.
(c) SUITS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions of this title
shall not affect suits commenced before the appropriate ef-
fective date specified in section 1601, and in all such suits,
proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments ren-
dered in the same manner and with the same effect as if
this title had not been enacted.
(d) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, action, or
other proceeding commenced by or against a transferor
agency, or by or against any individual in the official ca-
pacity of such individual as an officer of the transferor
agency, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this title.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO PROMUL-
GATION OF REGULATIONS.—Any administrative action re-
lating to the preparation or promulgation of a regulation
by a transferor agency relating to a function transferred
under this title may be continued by the transferee agency
with the same effect as if this title had not been enacted.
SEC. 1620. SEPARABILITY.
If a provision of this title or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the remain-
der of this title nor the application of the provision to other
persons or circumstances shall be affected.