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             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 906. Effective date and publication of reorganization plans

    (a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, a 
reorganization plan shall be effective upon approval by the President of 
a resolution (as defined in section 909) with respect to such plan, if 
such resolution is passed by the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, within the first period of 90 calendar days of continuous 
session of Congress after the date on which the plan is transmitted to 
Congress. Failure of either House to act upon such resolution by the end 
of such period shall be the same as disapproval of the resolution.
    (b) For the purpose of this chapter--
        (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of 
    Congress sine die; and
        (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of 
    an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded 
    in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in 
    continuous session.

    (c) Under provisions contained in a reorganization plan, any 
provision thereof may be effective at a time later than the date on 
which the plan otherwise is effective.
    (d) A reorganization plan which is effective shall be printed (1) in 
the Statutes at Large in the same volume as the public laws and (2) in 
the Federal Register.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 95-17, Sec. 2, 
Apr. 6, 1977, 91 Stat. 32; Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 
Stat. 3192.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)-(c)............  5 U.S.C. 133z-4.              June 20, 1949, ch.
                                                    226, Sec.  6, 63
                                                    Stat. 205.
                                                   Sept. 4, 1957, Pub.
                                                    L. 85-286, Sec.  2,
                                                    71 Stat. 611.
(d)................  5 U.S.C. 133z-9.              June 20, 1949, ch.
                                                    226, Sec.  11, 63
                                                    Stat. 206.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(a)(1), struck out 
``otherwise'' before ``provided under subsection (c)'', substituted 
``shall be'' for ``is'' before ``effective'', and substituted ``upon 
approval by the President of a resolution (as defined in section 909) 
with respect to such plan, if such resolution is passed by the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, within the first period of 90 calendar 
days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan 
is transmitted to Congress. Failure of either House to act upon such 
resolution by the end of such period shall be the same as disapproval of 
the resolution'' for ``at the end of the first period of sixty calendar 
days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan 
is transmitted to it unless, between the date of transmittal and the end 
of the sixty-day period, either House passes a resolution stating in 
substance that the House does not favor the reorganization plan.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(a)(2), struck out before period 
at end ``or, if both Houses of Congress have defeated a resolution of 
disapproval, may be effective at a time earlier than the expiration of 
the sixty-day period required by subsection (a)''.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-17 substituted ``sixty'' for ``60'' in 
two places.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-17 substituted in provisions preceding par. 
(1) ``this chapter'' for ``subsection (a) of this section'' and in par. 
(2) ``any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session'' 
for ``the 60-day period''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-17 inserted provision that if both Houses of 
Congress have defeated a resolution of disapproval, the provision of a 
reorganization plan may be effective at a time earlier than the 
expiration of the sixty-day period required by subsec. (a).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-17 reenacted subsec. (d) without change.


   Ratification and Affirmation of Prior Reorganization Plans as Law; 
                  Actions Taken Pursuant to Such Plans

    Pub. L. 98-532, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2705, provided that:
    ``Section 1. The Congress hereby ratifies and affirms as law each 
reorganization plan that has, prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
[Oct. 19, 1984], been implemented pursuant to the provisions of chapter 
9 of title 5, United States Code, or any predecessor Federal 
reorganization statute.
    ``Sec. 2. Any actions taken prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act [Oct. 19, 1984] pursuant to a reorganization plan that is ratified 
and affirmed by section 1 shall be considered to have been taken 
pursuant to a reorganization expressly approved by Act of Congress.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 section 5068.
