Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/1213

 120 STAT. 1182

PUBLIC LAW 109–281—SEPT. 22, 2006

12 USC 1701u note.

29 USC 2918a note.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made by this section take effect on the earlier of— (1) the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) September 30, 2006. SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

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(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context— (1) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning given to the term ‘‘agency’’ by section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code; (2) the term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program; and (3) the term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof. (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are transferred to the Department of Labor all functions which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development exercised before the effective date of this section (including all related functions of any officer or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development) relating to subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.). (c) DETERMINATIONS OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—If necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under subsection (b). (d) PERSONNEL PROVISIONS.— (1) APPOINTMENTS.—The Secretary of Labor may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, including investigators, attorneys, and administrative law judges, as may be necessary to carry out the respective functions transferred under this section. Except as otherwise provided by law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their compensation fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code. (2) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Secretary of Labor may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and compensate such experts and consultants for each day (including traveltime) at rates not in excess of the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title. The Secretary of Labor may pay experts and consultants who are serving away from their homes or regular place of business travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates authorized by sections 5702 and 5703 of such title for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (e) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except where otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided by this section, the Secretary of Labor may delegate any of the functions transferred to the Secretary of Labor by this section and any function transferred or granted to the Secretary of Labor after the effective date of this section to such officers and employees of the Department of Labor as the Secretary of Labor may designate, and may authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be

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