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 116 STAT. 1726 PUBLIC LAW 107-252—OCT. 29, 2002 established within the Federal Election Commission, exercised before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (8), by inserting "and" at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking "; and" and inserting a period; and (3) iDy striking paragraph (10) and the second and third sentences. 42 USC 15532. SEC. 802. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are transferred to the Election Assistance Commission established under section 201 all functions which the Federal Election Commission exercised under section 9(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-7(a)) before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 9(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-7(a)) is amended by striking "Federal Election Commission" and inserting "Election Assistance Commission". 42 USC 15533. SEC. 803. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY, RECORDS, AND PERSONNEL. (a) PROPERTY AND RECORDS. — The contracts, liabilities, records, property, and other assets and interests of, or made available in connection with, the offices and functions of the Federal Election Commission which are transferred by this subtitle are transferred to the Election Assistance Commission for appropriate allocation. (b) PERSONNEL. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The personnel employed in connection with the offices and functions of the Federal Election Commission which are transferred by this subtitle are transferred to the Election Assistance Commission. (2) EFFECT. —Any full-time or part-time personnel employed in permanent positions shall not be separated or reduced in grade or compensation because of the transfer under this subsection during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 42 USC 15534. SEC. 804. EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION. (a) EFFECTIVE DATE. — This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect upon the appointment of all members of the Election Assistance Commission under section 203. (b) TRANSITION. —With the consent of the entity involved, the Election Assistance Commission is authorized to utilize the services of such officers, employees, and other personnel of the entities from which functions have been transferred to the Election Assistance Commission under this title or the amendments made by this title for such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly transfer of such functions. (c) No EFFECT ON AUTHORITIES OF OFFICE OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COMMIS- SION. —During the period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on the effective date described in subsection (a), the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission shall continue to have the authority to carry out any of the functions (including the development of voluntary standards for voting systems and procedures for the certification of voting

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