PUBLIC LAW 97-31—AUG. 6, 1981
95 STAT. 151
Public Law 97-31 97th Congress An Act To revise the laws pertaining to the Maritime Administration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Maritime Act of 1981". SEC. 2. The Maritime Administration of the Department of Commerce is transferred to the Department of Transportation. SEC. 3. There are transferred to the Department of Transportation and vested in the Secretary of Transportation all functions, powers, and duties relating to the Maritime Administration of the Secretary of Commerce and of officers and offices of the Department of Commerce. SEC. 4. There shall be at the head of the Maritime Administration an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule. The Maritime Administrator shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation and shall perform such duties as the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe. SEC. 5. In carrying out any function transferred by this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may exercise any authority available by law to the Secretary of Commerce with respect to such function and the actions of the Secretary of Transportation in exercising such authority shall have the same force and effect as if exercised by the Secretary of Commerce on the day preceding the effective date of this Act. SEC. 6. The personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, facilities, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions and offices, or portions thereof, transferred by this Act, including all Senior Executive Service positions, subject to section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation for appropriate allocation. Personnel employed in connection with functions transferred by this Act shall be transferred in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations relating to transfer of functions. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated, except that such funds may be used for the expenses associated with the transfer pursuant to this Act. SEC. 7. In order to facilitate the transfer effected by this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized and directed to make such determinations as may be necessary with regard to functions, offices, or portions thereof transferred by this Act, and to make such additional incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, apportionments.
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Aug. 6, 1981 [H.R. 4074] Maritime Act of 1981. 46 USC 1601 note. Maritime Administration, transfer to Transportation Department. 46 USC 1601. 46 USC 1602. Administrator. 46 USC 1603. 5 USC 5314.
46 USC 1604.
Personnel, assets, liabilities, and records. 46 USC 1605.
31 USC 581c.
46 USC 1606.
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