Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/67

 PUBLIC LAW 95-17—APR. 6, 1977

91 STAT. 33

"(c) A suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of an agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, does not abate by reason of the taking effect of a reorganization plan under this chapter. On motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve months after the reorganization plan takes effect, showing a necessity for a survival of the suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, the court may allow the suit, action, or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of the head or officer under the reorganization effected by the plan or, if there is no successor, against such agency or officer as the President designates. "(d) The appropriations or portions of appropriations unexpended .-.) by reason of the operation of the chapter may not be used for any purpose, but shall revert to the Treasury. "§908. Rules of Senate and House of Representatives on reorga- 5 USC 908. nization plans "Sections 909 through 912 of this title are enacted by Congress— " (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of resolutions described by section 909 of this title; and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and "(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. 5 USC 909. "§909. Terms of resolution "For the purpose of sections 908 through 912 of this title, 'resolu- "Resolution." tion' means only a resolution of either House of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 'That the does not favor the reorganization plan numbered transmitted to the Congress by the President on, 19.', and includes such modifications and revisions as are submitted by the President under section 903(c) of this chapter. The blank spaces therein are to be -.1filled appropriately. The term does not include a resolution which specifies more than one reorganization plan. 5 USC 910. "§910. Introduction and reference of resolution "(a) No later than the first day of session following the day on which a reorganization plan is transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate under section 903, a resolution, as defined in section 909, shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the chairman of the Government Operations Committee of the House, or by a Member or Members of the House designated by such chairman; and shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate, or by a Member or Members of the Senate designated by such chairman. "(b) A resolution with respect to a reorganization plan shall be Referral to referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate congressional and the Committee on Government Operations of the House (and all committees by resolutions with respect to the same plan shall be referred to the same President of the Senate or committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be. The committee shall House. make its recommendations to the House of Representatives or the

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