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the Civil Aeronautics Board, or any court of competent jurisdiction, under any provision of law amended by this Act, or in the exercise of duties, powers, or functions which, under this Act, are vested in the Secretary of Commerce, and which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or repealed by the Secretary of Commerce or by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. (b) The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending before the Civil Aeronautics Board on the date of enactment of this Act; but any such proceedings shall be continued before the Secretary of Commerce, orders issued therein, and payments made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted; and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or repealed by the Secretary' of Commerce, or by operation of law. (c) The provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced prior to the date of its enactment; and all such suits shall be continued by the Secretary of Commerce, proceedings therein had, appeals therein taken, and judgments therein rendered, in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the Civil Aeronautics Board or officer of the United States, in relation to the discharge of official duties, shall abate by reason of any transfer of authority, power, or duties from the Board or officer to the Secretary of Commerce under the provisions of this Act, but the court upon a motion or a supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve months after such transfer, showing the necessity for a survival of such suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, may allow the same to be maintained by or against the Secretary of Commerce. SEC. 10. (a) The officers, employees, and property (including office equipment and official jjecords) of the Civil Aeronautics Board which the Bureau of the Budget, after consultation with the Board, shall determine to have been employed by the Board in the exercise and erformance of those powers and duties vested in and imposed upon it y the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 629), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, and which are vested by this Act in the Secretary of Commerce, shall be transferred to the Department of Commerce upon such date or dates as the Bureau of the Budget shall specify. The transfer of personnel under this section shall be without reduction in classification or compensation, except that this requirement shall not operate after the end of the fiscal year during which such transfer is made to prevent the adjustment of classification or compensation to conform to the duties to which such transferred personnel may be assigned. (b) All records transferred to the Secretary of Commerce under this Act shall be available for use by him to the same extent as if such records were originally records of the Secretary. Approved October 15, 1962.

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PUBLIC LAW 87-820-OCT. 15, 1962

Prior suits not affected.

Transfer of personnel and equipment.

49 USC 1324 note.

Records, availability to Secretary of Commerce.

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