112 STAT. 2681-801 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 22 USC 6616. President. 22 USC 6617. against any Federal agency, or any commission or component thereof, functions of which are transferred by any title of this subdivision, or by or against any officer thereof in the official capacity of such officer shall abate by reason of the enactment of this subdivision. (e) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDING WITH SUBSTITUTION OP PAR- TIES.— I f, before the effective date of any title of this subdivision, any Federal agency, or officer thereof in the official capacity of such officer, is a party to a suit, and under this subdivision any function of such department, agency, or officer is transferred to the Secretary or any other officigd of the Department, then effective on such date such suit shall be continued with the Secretary or other appropriate official of the Department substituted or added as a party. (f) REVIEWABILITY OF ORDERS AND ACTIONS UNDER TRANS- FERRED FUNCTIONS.—Orders and actions of the Secretary in the exercise of functions transferred under any title of this subdivision shall be subject to judicial review to the same extent and in the same manner as if such orders and actions had been by the Federal agency or office, or part thereof, exercising such functions immediately preceding their transfer. Any statutory requirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the record, or administrative review that apply to any function transferred by any title of this subdivision shall apply to the exercise of such function by the Secretary. SEC. 1616. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO FACILITATE TRANSITION. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the head of the appropriate Federal agency exercising functions transferred under this subdivision, may transfer the whole or part of such functions prior to the effective dates established in this subdivision, including the transfer of personnel and funds associated with such functions. SEC. 1617. FINAL REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2001, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report which provides a final accounting of the finances and operations of the agencies aboHshed under this subdivision. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. 22 USC 2651 note. SUBDIVISION B—FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION TITLE XX—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. This subdivision may be cited as the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999". SEC. 2002. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMTT- TEES. In this subdivision, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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