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[CITE: 22USC6601]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 74--FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER VI--TRANSITION
 
                       Part A--Reorganization Plan
 
Sec. 6601. Reorganization plan and report


(a) Submission of plan and report

    Not later than 60 days after October 21, 1998, the President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a reorganization 
plan and report regarding--
        (1) the abolition of the United States Arms Control and 
    Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and the 
    United States International Development Cooperation Agency in 
    accordance with this chapter;
        (2) with respect to the Agency for International Development, 
    the consolidation and streamlining of the Agency and the transfer of 
    certain functions of the Agency to the Department in accordance with 
    section 6581 of this title;
        (3) the termination of functions of each covered agency as may 
    be necessary to effectuate the reorganization under this chapter, 
    and the termination of the affairs of each agency abolished under 
    this chapter;
        (4) the transfer to the Department of the functions and 
    personnel of each covered agency consistent with the provisions of 
    this chapter; and
        (5) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of the 
    Department in connection with the transfer of such functions and 
    personnel in order to carry out such functions.

(b) Covered agencies

    The agencies covered by this section are the following:
        (1) The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
        (2) The United States Information Agency.
        (3) The United States International Development Cooperation 
    Agency.
        (4) The Agency for International Development.

(c) Plan elements

    The plan transmitted under subsection (a) of this section shall 
contain, consistent with this chapter, such elements as the President 
deems appropriate, including elements that--
        (1) identify the functions of each covered agency that will be 
    transferred to the Department under the plan;
        (2) specify the steps to be taken by the Secretary of State to 
    reorganize internally the functions of the Department, including the 
    consolidation of offices and functions, that will be required under 
    the plan in order to permit the Department to carry out the 
    functions transferred to it under the plan;
        (3) specify the funds available to each covered agency that will 
    be transferred to the Department as a result of the transfer of 
    functions of such agency to the Department;
        (4) specify the proposed allocations within the Department of 
    unexpended funds transferred in connection with the transfer of 
    functions under the plan; and
        (5) specify the proposed disposition of the property, 
    facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and liabilities of 
    each covered agency in connection with the transfer of the functions 
    of such agency to the Department.

(d) Reorganization plan of Agency for International Development

    In addition to applicable provisions of subsection (c) of this 
section, the reorganization plan transmitted under this section for the 
Agency for International Development--
        (1) may provide for the abolition of the Agency for 
    International Development and the transfer of all its functions to 
    the Department of State; or
        (2) in lieu of the abolition and transfer of functions under 
    paragraph (1)--
            (A) shall provide for the transfer to and consolidation 
        within the Department of the functions set forth in section 6581 
        of this title; and
            (B) may provide for additional consolidation, 
        reorganization, and streamlining of AID, including--
                (i) the termination of functions and reductions in 
            personnel of AID;
                (ii) the transfer of functions of AID, and the personnel 
            associated with such functions, to the Department; and
                (iii) the consolidation, reorganization, and 
            streamlining of the Department upon the transfer of such 
            functions and personnel in order to carry out the functions 
            transferred.

(e) Modification of plan

    The President may, on the basis of consultations with the 
appropriate congressional committees, modify or revise any part of the 
plan transmitted under subsection (a) of this section until that part of 
the plan becomes effective in accordance with subsection (g) of this 
section.

(f) Report

    The report accompanying the reorganization plan for the Department 
and the covered agencies submitted pursuant to this section shall 
describe the implementation of the plan and shall include--
        (1) a detailed description of--
            (A) the actions necessary or planned to complete the 
        reorganization,
            (B) the anticipated nature and substance of any orders, 
        directives, and other administrative and operational actions 
        which are expected to be required for completing or implementing 
        the reorganization, and
            (C) any preliminary actions which have been taken in the 
        implementation process;

        (2) the number of personnel and positions of each covered agency 
    (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service personnel, and 
    detailees) that are expected to be transferred to the Department, 
    separated from service with such agency, or eliminated under the 
    plan, and a projected schedule for such transfers, separations, and 
    terminations;
        (3) the number of personnel and positions of the Department 
    (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service personnel, and 
    detailees) that are expected to be transferred within the 
    Department, separated from service with the Department, or 
    eliminated under the plan, and a projected schedule for such 
    transfers, separations, and terminations;
        (4) a projected schedule for completion of the implementation 
    process; and
        (5) recommendations, if any, for legislation necessary to carry 
    out changes made by this chapter relating to personnel and to 
    incidental transfers.

(g) Effective date

                           (1) In general

        The reorganization plan described in this section, including any 
    modifications or revisions of the plan under subsection (e) of this 
    section, shall become effective on the earlier of the date for the 
    respective covered agency specified in paragraph (2) or the date 
    announced by the President under paragraph (3).

                    (2) Statutory effective dates

        The effective dates under this paragraph for the reorganization 
    plan described in this section are the following:
            (A) April 1, 1999, with respect to functions of the Agency 
        for International Development described in section 6581 of this 
        title.
            (B) April 1, 1999, with respect to the abolition of the 
        United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United 
        States International Development Cooperation Agency.
            (C) October 1, 1999, with respect to the abolition of the 
        United States Information Agency.

          (3) Effective date by Presidential determination

        An effective date under this paragraph for a reorganization plan 
    described in this section is such date as the President shall 
    determine to be appropriate and announce by notice published in the 
    Federal Register, which date may be not earlier than 90 calendar 
    days after the President has transmitted the reorganization plan to 
    the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to subsection (a) 
    of this section.

                     (4) Statutory construction

        Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require the 
    transfer of functions, personnel, records, balance of 
    appropriations, or other assets of a covered agency on a single 
    date.

                     (5) Supersedes existing law

        Paragraph (1) shall apply notwithstanding section 905(b) of 
    title 5.

(h) Publication

    The reorganization plan described in this section shall be printed 
in the Federal Register after the date upon which it first becomes 
effective.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XVI, Sec. 1601, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-795.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (3), (4), (c), and 
(f)(5), was in the original ``this subdivision'', meaning subdiv. A of 
div. G of Pub. L. 105-277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-765, known as 
the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete 
classification of this subdivision to the Code, see Short Title note set 
out under section 6501 of this title and Tables.

Delegation of the Functions Vested in the President by Sections 1601(e) 
and 1601(g) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, 
                    as Enacted in Public Law 105-277

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Mar. 31, 1999, 64 F.R. 
17079, provided:
    Memorandum for the Secretary of State
    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the 
United States, including section 301 of title 3 of the United States 
Code, I hereby delegate to you the functions vested in the President by 
sections 1601(e) and 1601(g) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998, as enacted in Public Law 105-277 [22 U.S.C. 
6601(e), (g)].
    The functions delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated as 
appropriate.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6552, 6563, 6581, 6611 of 
this title.
