agencies in the use of services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities. 
(b) COOPERATION OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
The head of each Federal agency shall cooperate fully with 
the Director in making the services, equipment, personnel, 
and facilities of the Federal agency available to the Direc-
tor. 
(c) SUPPLIES
AND EQUIPMENT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the head of a Federal agency 
may transfer to or receive from the Service, without reim-
bursement, supplies and equipment, other than adminis-
trative supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 11. ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may— 
(1) acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation, 
or otherwise), construct, improve, repair, operate, 
and maintain such other real and personal property 
(including office space and patents), and any inter-
est therein within or outside the continental United 
States as the Director considers necessary; 
(2) lease to others such real and personal prop-
erty; and 
(3) provide by contract or otherwise for eating 
facilities and other necessary facilities for the wel-
fare of employees of the Service at its installations 
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and purchase and maintain equipment for such fa-
cilities. 
(b) TITLE TO PROPERTY.—Title to any property or 
interest therein acquired pursuant to this section shall be 
in the United States. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The authority granted by sub-
section (a) shall be available only with respect to facilities 
of a special purpose nature that cannot readily be reas-
signed from similar Federal activities and are not other-
wise available for assignment to the Service by the Direc-
tor of General Services. 
(d) CONTRACTS AND LEASES SUBJECT TO APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—The authority of the Director to enter into 
contracts and leases under this section shall be to such 
extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria-
tion Acts. 
SEC. 12. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
The Director may accept transfers from other Fed-
eral agencies of funds that are available to carry out— 
(1) functions transferred by this Act to the Di-
rector; or 
(2) functions assigned by law to the Director 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 13. SEAL OF SERVICE. 
The Service shall cause a seal of office to be made 
for the Service of such design as the Director shall ap-
prove, and judicial notice shall be taken of such seal. 
SEC. 14. STATUS OF SERVICE UNDER CERTAIN LAWS. 
For purposes of chapter 9 of title 5, United States 
Code, the Service is an independent regulatory agency. 
SEC. 15. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All orders, determinations, rules, 
regulations, permits, contracts, certificates, licenses, and 
privileges— 
(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by the President, any Fed-
eral department or agency or official thereof, or by 
a court of competent jurisdiction, in regard to func-
tions that are transferred under this Act to the 
Service on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) that are in effect on the effective date of 
this Act; 
shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
accordance with law by the President, the Director or 
other authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or by operation of law. 
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(b) PENDING LICENSES, PERMITS, CERTIFICATES, 
AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall not affect any 
proceedings or any application for any license, per-
mit, certificate, or financial assistance pending on 
the effective date of this Act, and such proceedings 
and applications, to the extent that they relate to 
functions so transferred, shall be continued. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS.—Orders shall be issued in 
proceedings referred to in paragraph (1), appeals 
shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be 
made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had not 
been enacted, and orders issued in any such pro-
ceedings shall continue in effect until modified, ter-
minated, superseded, or revoked by a duly author-
ized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or 
by operation of law. 
(3) DISCONTINUANCE
OR
MODIFICATION.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any 
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. 
(c) PENDING SUITS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—This Act shall not affect 
suits commenced before the effective date of this 
Act. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS.—In all suits referred to in 
paragraph (1), proceedings shall be had, appeals 
taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner 
and effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 
(d) INTERIM APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case involving an of-
ficer required by this Act to be appointed by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate who has 
not entered office on the effective date of this Act, 
the President may designate the person who served 
as such officer on the day before the effective date 
of this Act to act in such office until the office is 
filled as provided by this Act. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—A person designated to 
act in an office under paragraph (1) shall receive 
compensation at the rate of pay provided by this Act 
for the office in which the person acts. 
SEC. 16. LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all laws, 
rules, and regulations in effect and applicable to the Min-
erals Management Service of the Department of the Inte-
rior or to the Director of such Service on the date imme-
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diately preceding the effective date of this Act shall, on 
and after such effective date, be applicable to the Minerals 
Management Service and the Director established by this 
Act, until such law, rule, or regulation is repealed or other-
wise modified or amended. 
SEC. 17. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Minerals Management Service 
appointed under section 3. 
(2) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 
Minerals Management Service established by section 
2. 
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