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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966
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§ 905. Limitations on powers (a) A reorganization plan may not provide for, and a reorganiza^ tion under this chapter may not have the effect of— (1) creating a new Executive department, abolishing or transferring an Executive department or all the functions thereof, or consolidating two or more Executive departments or all the functions thereof; (2) continuing an agency beyond the period authorized by law for its existence or beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made; (3) continuing a function beyond the period authorized by law for its exercise or beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made; (4) authorizing an agency to exercise a function which is not expressly authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to Congress; (5) increasing the term of an oflGlce beyond that provided by law for the office; or (6) transferring to or consolidating with another agency the government of the District of Columbia or all the functions thereof which are subject to this chapter, or abolishing that government or all those functions. (b) A provision contained in a reorganization plan may take effect only if the plan is transmitted to Congress before December 31, 1968, § 906. Effective date and publication of reorganization plans (a) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (c) of this section, a reorganization plan is effective at the end of the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan is transmitted to it unless, between the date of transmittal and the end of the 60-day period, either House passes a resolution stating in substance that that House does not favor the reorganization plan. (b) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section— (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the 60-day period. (c) Under provisions contained in a reorganization plan, a provision of the plan may be effective at a time later than the date on which the plan otherwise is effective. stat'u"ei"lt'Lar e (^) ^ reorgauization plan which is effective shall be printed (1) and'pederai Reg! iu the Statutes at Large in the same volume as the public laws and ister. (2) in the Federal Register. §907. Effect on other laws, pending legal proceedings, and unexpended appropriations (a) A statute enacted, and a regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed in respect of or by an agency or function affected by a reorganization under this chapter, before the effective date of the reorganization, has, except to the extent lescinded, modified, superseded, or made inapplicable by or under authority of law or by the abolition 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 the agency from which it is removed under the reorganization plan, the function, insofar as it is to be exercised after the plan becomes effective, shall be
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