PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-798 CHAPTER 2—REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY SEC. 1611. REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY. 22 USC 6611. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary is authorized, subject to the requirements of this subdivision, to allocate or reallocate any function transferred to the Department under any title of this subdivision, and to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational entities within the Department as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out any reorganization under this subdivision, but this subsection does not authorize the Secretary to modify the terms of any statute that establishes or defines the functions of any bureau, office, or officer of the Department. (b) REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON REORGANIZATION PLAN. —The reorganization plan transmitted under section 1601 may not have the effect of— (1) creating a new executive department; (2) 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; (3) authorizing a Federal agency to exercise a function which is not authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to Congress; (4) creating a new Federal agency which is not a component or part of sui existing executive department or independent agency; or (5) increasing the term of an office beyond that provided by law for the office. SEC. 1612. TRANSFER AND ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 22 USC 6612. (a) IN GENERAL. —Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities arising from suits continued with a substitution or addition of peaties under section 1615(e)), contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, 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, treuisferred by any title of this subdivision shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation. (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—Except as provided in subsection (c), unexpended and unobligated funds transferred pursuant to any title of this subdivision shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated. (c) FUNDS TO FACILITATE TRANSITION. — (1) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) may be available for the purposes of reorganization subject to notification of the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds under section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706). (2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY. —F imds in any account appropriated to the Department of State may be transferred to another such account for the purposes of reorganization, subject to notification of the appropriate congressional committees in accordemce with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds under section 34 of the State Department Basic
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