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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

PUBLIC LAW 96-88—OCT. 17, 1979

93 STAT. 683

allocations made by the Secretary and shall indicate the necessary personnel actions which will be required as a consequence of such allocation. Not later than 120 days after the conclusion of any fiscal year to which a work-year limitation established under paragraph (1) applies, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report on compliance with such limitation indicating the total workyears actually expended by the Department and by the organizational units and components to which such work-years were allocated. (3) If the President transmits any reorganization plan under chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, which would result in the 5 USC 90i et seq. transfer of functions or offices to the Secretary or the Department, the message transmitting the plan shall include any adjustments which may be necessary in a work-year limitation established under paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the work-years required as a result of such plan. (b) Not later than the end of the first fiscal year beginning after the effective date of this Act, the number of full-time equivalent personnel positions available for performing functions transferred to the Secretary or the Department by this Act shall be reduced by 500. (c)(1) Computations required to be made for purposes of this section shall be made on the basis of all personnel employed by the Department, including experts and consultants employed under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and all other part-time and full-time personnel employed to perform functions of the Secretary or the Department, except personnel employed under special programs for students and disadvsmtaged youth (including temporary summer employment). (2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, by rule, establish a method for computing work-years for personnel of the Department as described in paragraph (1). (d) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, as Report to soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the effective Congress. date of this Act, prepare and transmit to the Congress a report on the effects on employees of the reorganization under this Act, which shall include— (1) an identification of any position within the Department or elsewhere in the executive branch, which it considers unnecessary due to consolidation of functions under this Act; (2) a statement of the number of employees entitled to pay savings by reason of the organization under this Act; (3) a statement of the number of employees who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated by reason of such reorganization; (4) an estimate of the personnel costs associated with such reorganization; (5) the effects of such reorganization on labor management relations; and (6) such legislative and administrative recommendations for improvements in personnel management within the Department as the Director considers necessary. PART B—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS GENERAL AUTHORITY

SEC. 411. (a) In carrying out any function transferred by this Act, 20 USC 3471. the Secretary, or any officer or employee of the Department, may exercise any authority available by law (including appropriation Acts) with respect to such function to the official or agency from which such function is transferred, and the actions of the Secretary in