law by an officer of the United States or a 
court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 
of law. 
(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), the term ‘‘completed adminis-
trative action’’ includes orders, determinations, 
rules, regulations, personnel actions, permits, 
agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, li-
censes, registrations, and privileges. 
(2) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Subject to the 
authority of the Under Secretary under this Act, 
pending civil actions shall continue notwithstanding 
the enactment of this Act or the transfer of the 
functions of an entity or program to the Agency 
under section 4(c), and in such civil actions, pro-
ceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments 
rendered and enforced in the same manner and with 
the same effect as if such enactment or transfer had 
not occurred. 
(3) PROCEEDING NOT AFFECTED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this 
Act shall not affect any proceedings, including 
notices of proposed rulemaking, or any applica-
tion for any license, permit, certificate, or fi-
nancial assistance pending on the effective date 
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of this Act before any entity or program with 
respect to functions transferred by this Act, but 
such proceedings or applications, to the extent 
that they relate to functions transferred, shall 
be continued. Orders shall be issued in such 
proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, 
and payments shall be made under such orders, 
as if this Act had not been enacted, and orders 
issued in any such proceedings shall continue in 
effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or 
revoked by the head of the Federal agency to 
which such functions are transferred by this 
Act, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
operation of law. Nothing in this subparagraph 
prohibits the discontinuance or modification of 
any such proceeding under the same terms and 
conditions and to the same extent that such 
proceeding could have been discontinued or 
modified if this Act had not been enacted. 
(B) REGULATIONS.—The Under Secretary 
is authorized to issue regulations providing for 
the orderly transfer of proceedings continued 
under subparagraph (A). 
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(d) TERMINATION OF ENTITIES AND PROGRAMS.— 
On the effective date of this Act, the following entities and 
programs shall terminate: 
(1) The International Trade Administration. 
(2) The Office of International Trade of the 
Small Business Administration. 
(3) The Trade Development Agency. 
(4) The Export Credit Guarantee Program and 
the Facilities Guarantee Program of the Department 
of Agriculture. 
(5) The Bureau of Economic and Business Af-
fairs of the Department of State. 
SEC. 8. REFERENCES. 
With respect to any function of an entity or program 
transferred to the Agency under section 4(c) to, and exer-
cised on or after the effective date specified in section 9 
by, the Under Secretary, any reference in any other Fed-
eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation 
of authority, or any document of or pertaining to an entity 
or program of government from which such function is 
transferred— 
(1) to the head of such entity or program is 
deemed to refer to the Under Secretary of Com-
merce for Export Promotion; or 
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(2) to such entity or program is deemed to refer 
to the Export Promotion Agency. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act takes effect on the date that is 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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