Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/179

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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-31—AUG. 6, 1981 (d) No action or other proceeding commenced by or against any officer of the Maritime Administration in his official capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. No cause of action by or against the Maritime Administration or by or against any officer of the Maritime Administration in his official capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. (e) If, before the date on which this Act takes effect, the Secretary of Commerce is a party to an action, and under this Act any function of the Secretary of Commerce which is the subject of the action is transferred to the Secretary of Transportation, then such action shall be continued with the Secretary of Transportation substituted as a party. (f) Orders and actions of the Secretary of Transportation in the exercise of functions transferred under this Act shall be subject to judicial review as if such orders and actions had been by the Secretary of Commerce 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 this Act shall apply to the exercise of such function by the Secretary of Transportation. SEC. 10. With respect to any function or office transferred by this Act and exercised on or after the effective date of this Act, reference in any other Federal law to the Maritime Administration or any of its predecessor agencies or any officer or office the functions of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of Transportation, other official, or component of the Department of Transportation to which this Act transfers such functions. SEC. 11. If any provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder of this Act nor the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby. SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: (A) Section 5314 is amended by inserting "Administrator, Maritime Administration", at the end thereof. (B) Section 5315 is amended by striking "(8)" following the words "Assistant Secretaries of Commerce", and substituting "(7)". (C) Section 5316 is amended by striking "Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce". (2) Section 203 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622), is amended by inserting ", or the Secretary of Transportation," after "regulatory body" in subsection (j). (3) Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (A) Section 2664(a) is amended by— (i) striking "Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board" in the introductory paragraph and substituting "Secretary of Transportation"; and (ii) striking "Secretary of Commerce or the Federal Maritime Board by 1950 Reorganization Plan Numbered 21, effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1273)" in paragraph (3) and substituting "Secretary of Transportation. (B) Section 2665 is amended by— (i) striking "or the Federal Maritime Board" in subsections (a) and (b); and (ii) striking "Federal Maritime Board" at the end of subsection (b) and substituting "Department of Transportation".

95 STAT. 153

Judicial review and statutory requirements.

46 USC 1609.

46 USC i6io.