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tive agreements, and other similar transactions with Fed-
eral or other public agencies (including State and local
governments) and private organizations and persons, and
to make such payments, by way of advance or reimburse-
ment, as the Administrator may determine necessary or
appropriate to carry out functions of the Administrator
or the Service.
(b) APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY REQUIRED.—No
authority to enter into contracts or to make payments
under this title shall be effective except to such extent or
in such amounts as are provided in advance under appro-
priation Acts.
SEC. 438. REGULATIONS.
The Administrator may prescribe such rules and reg-
ulations as the Administrator considers necessary or ap-
propriate to administer and manage the functions of the
Administrator or the Service, in accordance with chapter
5 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 439. SEAL.
The Administrator shall cause a seal of office to be
made for the Service of such design as the Administrator
shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.
SEC. 440. ANNUAL REPORT.
The Administrator, in consultation with the Council,
shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal
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year, make a single, comprehensive report to the President
for transmission to Congress on the activities of the Serv-
ice during such fiscal year.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
SEC. 441. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et, in consultation with the Administrator, shall make such
determinations as may be necessary with regard to the
functions, offices, or portions thereof transferred by this
title, and make such additional incidental dispositions of
personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, au-
thorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, aris-
ing from, available to, or to be made available in connec-
tion with such functions, offices, or portions thereof, as
may be necessary to carry out this title. The Director shall
provide for the termination of the affairs of all entities
terminated by this title and, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator, for such further measures and dispositions as
may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this title.
SEC. 442. REFERENCES.
With respect to any function transferred by this title
and exercised on or after the date of such transfer, any
reference in any other Federal law to any department,
commission, or agency or any officer or office the func-
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tions of which so transferred shall be deemed to refer to
the Administrator, other official, or component of the
Service to which this title transfers such functions.
SEC. 443. PROPOSED CHANGES IN LAW.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a de-
scription of any changes in Federal law necessary to re-
flect any transfers or other measures under this title.
SEC. 444. TRANSITION.
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds available to any depart-
ment or agency (or any official or component thereof), the
functions or offices of which are transferred to the Admin-
istrator or the Service by this title, may, with the approval
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
be used to pay the compensation and expenses of any offi-
cer appointed pursuant to this title and other transitional
and planning expenses associated with the establishment
of the Service or transfer of functions or offices thereto
until such time as funds for such purposes are otherwise
available.
(b) USE OF PERSONNEL.—With the consent of the
appropriate department or agency head concerned, the Ad-
ministrator may utilize the services of such officers, em-
ployees, and other personnel of the departments and agen-
cies from which functions or offices have been transferred
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to the Administrator or the Service, for such period of
time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly
implementation of this title.
SEC. 445. INTERIM APPOINTMENTS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO APPOINT.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the event that 1 or more officers
required by this title to be appointed by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate shall not have entered upon
office on the date of the transfer of functions and offices
under section 203 or subtitle C, the President may des-
ignate an officer in the executive branch to act in such
office for 120 days or until the office is filled as provided
in this title, whichever occurs first.
(b) COMPENSATION.—Any officer acting in an office
in the Department pursuant to the provisions of sub-
section (a) shall receive compensation at the rate pre-
scribed for such office under this title.
SEC. 446. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.—
Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, as amended
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Director, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’.
(b) GENERAL COUNSEL; INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, as amended
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by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the
end the following new items:
‘‘General Counsel, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
‘‘Inspector General, Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics.’’.
(c) BUREAU DIRECTORS.—Section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (b), is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor’’; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to the
Director of the Census, the following new items:
‘‘Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Federal Statistical Service.
‘‘Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Federal Statistical Service.’’.
(d) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 5314 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
‘‘Deputy Administrator, Federal Statistical
Service.’’.
(e) ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 5313 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Administrator, Federal Statistical Service.’’.