(5) OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM.—Section 7001 of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘Re-
search and Special Projects Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials Safety Administration’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(11) by striking ‘‘Re-
search and Special Programs Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials Safety Administration’’. 
(6) PENALTIES.—Section 844(g)(2)(B) of title 
18, United State Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Re-
search and Special Projects Administration’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration’’. 
(d) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATE.—Section 
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration.’’. 
SEC. 3. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 111(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in the De-
partment of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Re-
search and Innovative Technology Administration’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.—Section 111(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Bureau shall be 
headed by a Director who shall be appointed in the 
competitive service by the Secretary.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 
(c) EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE
PAY
RATE.—Section 
5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the undesignated paragraph relating to the Director, 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 
SEC. 4. RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMIN-
ISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 112 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘§ 112. Research and Innovative Technology Adminis-
tration’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration shall be an administration 
in the Department of Transportation.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) POWERS
AND
DUTIES
OF
THE
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—The Administrator shall carry out—
‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Secretary for—
‘‘(A) coordination, facilitation, and review 
of the Department’s research and development 
programs and activities; 
‘‘(B) advancement of innovative tech-
nologies, including intelligent transportation 
systems projects and products; 
‘‘(C) comprehensive transportation statis-
tics research, analysis, and reporting; 
‘‘(D) education and training in transpor-
tation and transportation-related fields; and 
‘‘(E) activities of the Volpe National 
Transportation Center; and 
‘‘(2) other duties and powers prescribed by the 
Secretary.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (e).
(b) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503(a) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Research and Innovative Technology Administration an 
Office of Intermodalism.’’. 
(c) TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES OF RE-
SEARCH
AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION.—
The authority of the Research and Special Programs Ad-
ministration, other than authority exercised under chap-
ters 51, 57, 59, 61, 601, and 603 of title 49, United States 
Code, is transferred to the Administrator of the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 112 and inserting the 
following:
‘‘112. Research and Innovative Technology Administration.’’.
(e) EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE
PAY
RATE.—Section 
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the undesignated paragraph relating to the Adminis-
trator, Research and Special Programs Administration 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Administrator, Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration.’’.
SEC. 5. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND PERSONNEL.—Per-
sonnel, property, and records employed, used, held, avail-
able, or to be made available in connection with functions 
transferred within the Department of Transportation by 
this Act shall be transferred for use in connection with 
the functions transferred, and unexpended balances of ap-
propriations, allocations, and other funds (including funds 
of any predecessor entity) shall also be transferred accord-
ingly. 
(b) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, determinations, 
rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, settle-
ments, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—
(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by any officer or employee, 
or any other Government official, or by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, 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 Department, any other author-
(2) SUITS BY OR AGAINST DEPARTMENT.—Any 
suit by or against the Department begun before the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall proceed in ac-
cordance with applicable law and regulations, insofar 
as it involves a function retained and transferred 
under this Act. 
(3) PROCEDURES FOR REMANDED CASES.—If 
the court in a suit described in paragraph (1) re-
mands a case, subsequent proceedings related to 
such case shall proceed under procedures that are in 
accordance with applicable law and regulations as in 
effect at the time of such subsequent proceedings. 
(e) CONTINUANCE
OF
ACTIONS
AGAINST
OFFI-
CERS.—No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced 
by or against any officer in his or her official capacity 
shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—An officer or em-
ployee of the Department, for purposes of performing a 
function transferred by this Act, may exercise all authori-
ties under any other provision of law that were available 
with respect to the performance of that function to the 
official responsible for the performance of the function im-
mediately before the effective date of the transfer of the 
function by this Act.
(g) REFERENCES.—A reference relating to an agen-
cy, officer, or employee affected by this Act in any Federal 
law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au-
thority, or in any document pertaining to an officer or em-
ployee, is deemed to refer, as appropriate, to the agency, 
officer, or employee who succeeds to the functions trans-
ferred by this Act. 
(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘this 
Act’’ includes the amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORTS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate-
rials Safety Administration a report containing the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A list of each statutory mandate regarding 
pipeline safety or hazardous materials safety that 
has not been implemented. 
(2) A list of each open safety recommendation 
made by the National Transportation Safety Board 
or the Inspector General regarding pipeline safety or 
hazardous materials safety. 
(b) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—
(1) STATUTORY MANDATES.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter until each of the mandates 
referred to in subsection (a)(1) has been imple-
mented, the Secretary shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the specific actions taken to implement such 
mandates. 
(2) NTSB AND
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than January 1st of 
each year, the Secretary shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
containing each recommendation referred to sub-
section (a)(2) and a copy of the Department of 
Transportation response to each such recommenda-
tion. 
SEC. 7. DEADLINE FOR TRANSFERS. 
The Secretary shall provide for the orderly transfer 
of duties and powers under this Act, including the amend-
ments made by this Act, as soon as practicable but not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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