PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2309 SEC. 1503. REVIEW OF CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE STRUCTURES. 6 USC 543. It is the sense of Congress that each House of Congress should review its committee structure in hght of the reorganization of responsibilities within the executive branch by the estabhshment of the Department. Subtitle B—Transitional Provisions SEC. 1511. TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES. 6 USC 551. (a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE BY OFFICIALS. — Until the transfer of an agency to the Department, any official having authority over or functions relating to the agency immediately before the effective date of this Act shall provide to the Secretary such assistance, including the use of personnel and assets, as the Secretary may request in preparing for the transfer and integration of the agency into the Department. (b) SERVICES AND PERSONNEL.—During the transition period, upon the request of the Secretary, the head of any executive agency may, on a reimbursable basis, provide services or detail personnel to assist with the transition. (c) ACTING OFFICIALS.— (1) During the transition period, pending the advice and consent of the Senate to the appointment of an officer required by this Act to be appointed by and with such advice and consent, the President may designate any officer whose appointment was required to be made by and with such advice and consent and who was such an officer immediately before the effective date of this Act (and who continues in office) or immediately before such designation, to act in such office until the same is filled as provided in this Act. While so acting, such officers shall receive compensation at the higher of— (A) the rates provided by this Act for the respective offices in which they act; or (B) the rates provided for the offices held at the time of designation. (2) Nothing in this Act shall be understood to require the advice and consent of the Senate to the appointment by the President to a position in the Department of any officer whose agency is transferred to the Department pursuant to this Act and whose duties following such transfer are germane to those performed before such transfer. (d) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, ASSETS, OBLIGATIONS, AND FUNC- TIONS.—Upon the transfer of an agency to the Department— (1) the personnel, assets, and obligations held by or available in connection with the agency shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation, subject to the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and in accordance with the provisions of section 1531(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code; and (2) the Secretary shall have all functions relating to the agency that any other official could by law exercise in relation to the agency immediately before such transfer, and shall have in addition all functions vested in the Secretary by this Act or other law. (e) PROHIBITION ON USE OF TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUNDS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
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