[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2546 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2546

 To enhance the safety of air travel through a more effective Federal 
            Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 7 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To enhance the safety of air travel through a more effective Federal 
            Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Aviation Administration 
Independent Establishment Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the civil aviation industry in the United States has 
        experienced an unprecedented period of rapid development and 
        expansion over the past decade;
            (2) the Federal Aviation Administration, an administration 
        within the Department of Transportation, has been charged by 
        the Congress with the responsibility for overseeing the safe 
        operation of this essential segment of the national economy;
            (3) the Federal Aviation Administration operates the most 
        efficient air traffic control system in the world;
            (4) the Federal Aviation Administration must be able to 
        move forward with its plans to modernize the air transportation 
        network in an efficient and cost effective manner to reduce 
        delays, provide more direct routing of aircraft, and facilitate 
        the use of satellite technology;
            (5) funds must be collected from all of the users of the 
        air transportation system on an equitable basis and those funds 
        must be spent on improving the safety and efficiency of the air 
        transportation system;
            (6) the ability to expand capacity of the air traffic 
        control system depends on a complex set of variables and the 
        Federal Aviation Administration must have sufficient funds, 
        resources and appropriate personnel to manage the future air 
        traffic control system;
            (7) the ability to expand capacity of the air traffic 
        control system is highly dependent upon sufficient runway and 
        airport capacity, and as such, Congress must ensure that 
        appropriate funds are provided to fund the airport improvement 
        program;
            (8) the Federal Aviation Administration must oversee the 
        growth and development of the entire air transportation system, 
        and coordinate and facilitate research, development, 
        implementation and installation of new technology, new runways 
        and new airports;
            (9) the Federal Aviation Administration must coordinate its 
        modernization plans with the ultimate users of the systems and 
        seek input from the users and air traffic controllers, on how 
        best to proceed with modernization efforts;
            (10) the importance of the airport and airway system to our 
        national defense and the need for a working relationship 
        between civil and military aviation necessitates the continued 
        highly successful relationship and cooperative efforts between 
        the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of 
        Defense;
            (11) to assure air safety through the continued 
        modernization and expansion of the Nation's system of airports 
        and airways, the Federal Aviation Administration must continue 
        to emphasize research and development projects; and
            (12) if the Federal Aviation Administration is provided 
        with greater autonomy and consistent leadership, it can be 
        expected to exercise vigorously its prerogatives with the 
        direction and guidance of the President and under the ongoing 
        oversight of the Congress.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administration'' means the Federal Aviation 
        Administration established under section 4; and
            (2) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Federal Aviation Administration appointed under section 
        5(a).

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established as an independent establishment of the 
Government the Federal Aviation Administration. The Administration 
shall succeed the Federal Aviation Administration of the Department of 
Transportation in existence on the day before the effective date set 
forth in section 28(a).

SEC. 5. OFFICERS.

    (a) The Administration shall be administered by an Administrator, 
who shall be appointed by the President to a 5-year term of office, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Under the supervision 
and direction of the President, the Administrator shall carry out all 
functions transferred to the Administrator by this Act and shall have 
authority and control over all personnel, programs, and activities of 
the Administration. The Administrator may be removed by the President 
for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. The Administrator shall 
be compensated at the rate prescribed for level I of the Executive 
Schedule pay rates.
    (b) There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator, 
who shall be appointed by the Administrator. The Deputy Administrator 
shall perform such functions, duties, and powers as the Administrator 
shall prescribe. The Deputy Administrator shall act for and perform the 
functions of the Administrator when the Administrator is absent or 
unable to serve, or when the office of the Administrator is vacant. The 
Deputy Administrator shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for 
level II of the Executive Schedule pay rates.
    (c) There shall be in the Administration a maximum of 8 Assistant 
Administrators, who shall be appointed by the Administrator. The 
Assistant Administrators shall perform such functions as the 
Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall designate the 
order in which the Assistant Administrators shall act for and perform 
the functions of the Administrator when the Administrator, or in the 
Administrator's place the Deputy Administrator, is absent or unable to 
serve, or when the offices of the Administrator and the Deputy 
Administrator are vacant. An Assistant Administrator shall be 
compensated at the rate prescribed for level IV in the Executive 
Schedule pay rates.
    (d) There shall be in the Administration a Chief Counsel, who shall 
be appointed by the Administrator. The Chief Counsel shall be the chief 
legal officer for all legal matters arising from the conduct of the 
functions of the Administration. The Chief Counsel shall be compensated 
at the rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule pay 
rates.
    (e) There shall be in the Administration an Inspector General 
appointed in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
approved October 12, 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.). The Inspector General shall 
be compensated at the rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule pay rates.
    (f)(1) Each of the officers referred to in this section must be a 
citizen of the United States. The Administrator must be a civilian.
    (2) Such officers may not have a pecuniary interest in, or own 
stock in or bonds of, an aeronautical enterprise, or engage in another 
business, vocation, or employment.

SEC. 6. POWERS.

    (a) The Administrator shall be responsible for the exercise of all 
powers and the discharge of all duties of the Administration.
    (b) In carrying out the functions of the Administration under this 
Act, the Administrator shall be governed by all applicable statutes, 
including the policy standards set forth in subtitle VII of title 49 
United States Code.
    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit in any manner 
the authority of the Administrator to promote safety by establishing 
and administering accident prevention programs, encouraging airport 
development, educating the public on the importance of aeronautics, and 
encouraging the adoption of worldwide safety standards.
    (d) Decisions of the Administrator made pursuant to the exercise of 
the functions enumerated in subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be administratively final, and appeals as currently 
authorized by law shall be taken directly to the National 
Transportation Safety Board or to any court of competent jurisdiction, 
as appropriate.

SEC. 7. TRANSFERS AND INCIDENTAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) The following are transferred to the Administration:
            (1) All functions vested by law in the Federal Aviation 
        Administration of the Department of Transportation or its 
        Administrator, and all functions vested by law in the Secretary 
        of Transportation or the Department of Transportation which are 
        administered through the Federal Aviation Administration, 
        including those exercised under Subtitle VII of Title 49, 
        United States Code, except for those functions exercised under 
        section 40104 of title 49, United States Code, relative to 
        fostering the development of civil aeronautics and air 
        commerce, and exercised by the Secretary of Transportation 
        under Part A, Subpart II (Economic Regulation) of such 
        Subtitle.
            (2) The functions of the Department of Transportation or 
        the Federal Aviation Administration of the Department of 
        Transportation necessary and appropriate for the performance of 
        the functions transferred by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
            (3) So much of the personnel, property, records, funds, 
        accounts, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
        allocations, and other moneys of the Department of 
        Transportation as are employed, used, held, available, or to be 
        made available in connection with the functions transferred by 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.
    (b) The personnel transferred under this section shall be so 
transferred without reduction in classification or compensation, except 
that after such transfer, such personnel shall be subject to changes in 
classification or compensation in the same manner, to the same extent, 
and according to the same procedure, as provided by law.
    (c) The Administrator shall exercise all functions transferred by 
subsection (a) of this section and any other function vested in the 
Federal Aviation Administration or the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration by any law enacted on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. The Administrator may from time to time make 
such provisions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate authorizing 
the performance by any other officer, employee, or office of the 
Administration of such functions.

SEC. 8. DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

    The Administrator shall prepare a 3-year development plan outlining 
goals and objectives for personnel, technology, and regulation in such 
areas as air traffic control, aviation standards, airport security, 
airport and airway development, and research and development. The plan 
shall, not later than January 1, 1996, be submitted to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Public Works and Transportation in the House of Representatives, and 
updated plans shall be so submitted every 3 years thereafter.

SEC. 9. RULES; REGULATIONS.

    (a) In the performance of the functions of the Administrator and 
the Administration, the Administrator is authorized to make, 
promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend rules and regulations. The 
promulgation of such rules and regulations shall be governed by the 
provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) The Administrator shall consider comments and recommendations 
submitted by the Secretary of Transportation in response to any notice 
of proposed rulemaking by the Administrator, and shall address the 
comments raised by the Secretary during the course of the rulemaking, 
providing an explanation of any decision not to adopt a recommendation 
by the Secretary.

SEC. 10. DELEGATION.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Administrator may 
delegate any function to such officers and employees of the 
Administration as the Administrator may designate, and may authorize 
such successive redelegations of such functions in the Administration 
as may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation of functions by the 
Administrator under this section or under any other provision of this 
Act shall relieve the Administrator of responsibility for the 
administration of such functions.

SEC. 11. PERSONNEL AND SERVICES.

    (a) In the performance of the functions of the Administrator and in 
addition to the officers provided for by section 5, the Administrator 
is authorized to appoint, transfer, and fix the compensation of such 
officers and employees, including attorneys, as may be necessary to 
carry out the functions of the Administrator and the Administration. 
Except as otherwise provided by law, such officers and employees shall 
be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and compensated 
in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
    (b) The Administrator is authorized to obtain the services of 
experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (c) The Administrator is authorized to pay transportation expenses, 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) The Administrator is authorized to utilize, on a reimbursable 
basis, the services of personnel of any Federal agency.
    (e)(1)(A) The Administrator is authorized to accept voluntary and 
uncompensated services without regard to the provisions of section 1342 
of title 31, United States Code, if such services will not be used to 
displace Federal employees employed on a full-time, part-time, or 
seasonal basis.
    (B) The Administrator is authorized to accept volunteer service in 
accordance with the provisions of section 3111 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (2) The Administrator is authorized to provide for incidental 
expenses, including transportation, lodging, and subsistence for such 
volunteers.
    (3) An individual who provides voluntary services under this 
subsection shall not be considered a Federal employee for any purpose 
other than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code, relating to tort claims.
    (f)(1) The Administrator is authorized to grant to any employee of 
the Administration an incentive allowance of not to exceed 20 percent 
of the basic pay of the employee if necessary to provide safe and 
efficient service in major facilities which the Administrator finds--
            (A) are critical to the national airspace system;
            (B) have been chronically understaffed; or
            (C) are in remote or high cost locations.
    (2) An incentive allowance may be granted under paragraph (1) only 
if--
            (A) the Administrator transmits a full written explanation 
        of the proposed allowance and the reasons therefor, including 
        the basis for each required determination and finding, to the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of 
        the House of Representatives; and
            (B) the 60-day period immediately following the 
        transmission of such written explanation has expired.
    (g) The Administrator shall study ways to compensate or otherwise 
provide additional incentives to encourage employees to seek, accept, 
and remain in supervisory and managerial positions, including 
compensation opportunities that are at least as substantial as those 
available to employees in nonsupervisory and nonmanagerial positions of 
comparable grades within the General Schedule. The Administrator shall, 
not later than 6 months after the effective date of this section, 
report to Congress on the results of such study, including any 
recommendations for legislative action.

SEC. 12. CONTRACTS.

    The Administrator is authorized to enter into and perform such 
contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may 
be necessary to carry out the functions of the Administrator and the 
Administration. The Administrator may enter into such contracts, 
leases, agreements, and transactions with any Federal agency or any 
instrumentality of the United States, or with any State, territory, or 
possession, or with any political subdivision thereof, or with any 
person, firm, association, corporation, or educational institution, on 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator may consider 
appropriate. The authority of the Administrator to enter into contracts 
and leases under this section shall be to such extent or in such 
amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

SEC. 13. FINANCE AND BUDGET.

    (a)(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a 
trust fund to be known as the ``Aviation Trust Fund Account'', 
consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the 
Aviation Trust Fund Account as provided in this subsection and section 
9502(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502(a)), as 
amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2) There are appropriated to the Aviation Trust Fund Account 
amounts determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to 
those taxes described in section 9502(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502(b)) received after September 30, 1995.
    (3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Aviation Trust 
Fund Account such additional sums as may be required to make the 
expenditures referred to in paragraph (5) of this subsection.
    (4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest such portion of the 
Aviation Trust Fund Account as is not, 
in the Secretary's judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. The 
interest on, and the proceeds from, any such investments shall be 
credited to and form a part of the Aviation Trust Fund Account.
    (5) Amounts in the Aviation Trust Fund Account shall be available, 
without further appropriation, for making expenditures after October 1, 
1995, to meet those obligations of the United States incurred by the 
Administration--
            (A) under subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code; or
            (B) for administrative expenses attributable to the 
        activities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
    (6)(A) Section 9502(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 9502(a)) is amended by inserting immediately before the period 
at the end the following: ``, except that the interest and proceeds 
received after October 1, 1995, as a result of Trust Fund investments 
under section 9602(b) shall be credited to the Aviation Trust Fund 
Account established by section 14 of the Federal Aviation 
Administration Independent Establishment Act of 1994.''.
    (B) Section 9502(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9502(b)) is amended by striking ``January 1, 1991'' each place it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 1995''.
    (C) Section 9502(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9502(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``and before October 1, 
        1995,'' immediately after ``August 31, 1982,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``and before October 1, 
        1995'' immediately after ``August 31, 1982''.
    (D) Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9502) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Termination of Airport and Airway Trust Fund.--The Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund shall terminate on October 1, 1996, and all 
amounts in such Trust Fund shall be transferred upon termination to the 
Aviation Trust Fund Account established by section 14 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Independent Establishment Act of 1994.''.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and 
disbursements of the Aviation Trust Fund Account shall not, for any 
fiscal year--
            (1) be counted in calculating the deficit under section 
        3(6) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
        1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(6)) for purposes of comparison with the 
        maximum deficit amount under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
        Deficit Control Act of 1985;
            (2) be counted in calculating the excess deficit for 
        purposes of sections 251 and 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901 and 902); 
        or
            (3) be subject to sequestration or reduction under such 
        sections 251 and 252.
    (c)(1) Each year the Administrator shall prepare a budget for the 
Administration, which shall contain estimates of the financial 
condition and operations of the Administration for the current and 
ensuing four fiscal years, and the actual condition and results of 
operations for the last completed fiscal year. Such budget shall be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, under such rules and 
regulations as the President may establish as to the date of 
submission, the form and content, the classification of data, and the 
manner in which such reports shall be prepared and presented. The 
budget shall identify separately the programs, projects, and activities 
determined by the Administrator to be appropriate for obligation from 
the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of this section. The budget 
submission shall also include a statement of income and expenses, and 
analysis of surplus or deficit, and any other such supplementary 
information as is necessary or desirable to make known about the 
financial condition and operations of the Administration. The annual 
budget shall be included in the budget submitted by the President 
pursuant to chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code.
    (2) For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1995, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after consulting with 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee 
on Taxation, shall prepare an estimate of revenues and receipts that 
will be appropriated or credited to the Aviation Trust Fund Account 
established by subsection (a) of this section. In no event shall 
expenditures authorized by the Administrator for any fiscal year exceed 
the amount of such revenues and receipts estimated for that year 
pursuant to this subsection.
    (3) In the budget prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the Administrator shall identify all expected expenditures 
from the Aviation Trust Fund Account by program, project, or activity.
    (4) The Administrator shall report to the appropriate committees of 
the Senate and House of Representatives by April 15 of each year on any 
changes in planned expenditures from the Aviation Trust Fund Account 
for the upcoming fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (3) of this 
subsection. Consistent with the provisions of this section, the 
Administrator may thereafter modify the report and shall advise in 
writing the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of 
Representatives regarding any such modification.
    (d)(1) In preparing the budget report pursuant to subsection (c) of 
this section and in approving for expenditures from the Aviation Trust 
Fund Account for programs, projects, and activities under this section, 
the Administrator shall
            (A) approve for obligation capital projects in amounts up 
        to the limit of authorizations provided by law, and
            (B) from available funds not obligated under subparagraph 
        (A), approve for obligation non-capital activities authorized 
        by law.
    (2) The budgetary resources available for obligation for each 
fiscal year after September 30, 1995, from the Aviation Trust Fund 
Account shall be obligated in accordance with the most recent report of 
the Administrator pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
    (e) For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1995, committees 
in the Senate and House of Representatives with jurisdiction to 
authorize and appropriate new budget authority for programs of the 
Administration shall authorize and appropriate such new budget 
authority for periods of two fiscal years.

SEC. 14. USE OF FACILITIES.

    With their consent, the Administrator may, with or without 
reimbursement, use the services, equipment, personnel, and facilities 
of Federal agencies and other public and private agencies, and may 
cooperate with other public and private agencies and instrumentalities 
in the use of services, equipment, personnel, and facilities. The head 
of each Federal agency shall cooperate fully with the Administrator in 
making the services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of the 
Federal agency available to the Administrator. The head of a Federal 
agency is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
transfer to or to receive from the Administration, without 
reimbursement, supplies and equipment other than administrative 
supplies or equipment.

SEC. 15. ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.

    (a) The Administrator is authorized--
            (1) to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation, or 
        otherwise), construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain--
                    (A) air traffic control facilities and equipment;
                    (B) research and testing sites and facilities; and
                    (C) such other real and personal property 
                (including office space and patents), or any interest 
                therein within and outside the continental United 
                States, as the Administrator considers necessary;
            (2) to lease to others such real and personal property; and
            (3) to provide by contract or otherwise for eating 
        facilities and other necessary facilities for the welfare of 
        employees of the Administration at its installations and to 
        purchase and maintain equipment for such facilities.
    (b) Title to any property or interest therein acquired pursuant to 
this section shall be in the United States.
    (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall be available only 
with respect to facilities of a special purpose nature which the 
Administrator determines cannot readily be reassigned from similar 
Federal activities and are not otherwise available for assignment to 
the Administration by the Administrator of General Services.
    (d) The authority of the Administrator to enter into contracts and 
leases under this section shall be to such extent or in such amounts as 
are provided in appropriation Acts.

SEC. 16. FACILITIES AT REMOTE LOCATIONS.

    (a) The Administrator is authorized to provide, construct, or 
maintain for employees and their dependents stationed at remote 
locations as necessary and when not otherwise available at such remote 
locations--
            (1) emergency medical services and supplies;
            (2) food and other subsistence supplies;
            (3) meeting facilities;
            (4) audiovisual equipment, accessories, and supplies for 
        recreation and training;
            (5) reimbursement for food, clothing, medicine, and other 
        supplies furnished by such employees in emergencies for the 
        temporary relief of distressed persons;
            (6) living and working quarters and facilities; and
            (7) transportation for school-age dependents of employees 
        to the nearest appropriate educational facilities.
    (b) The furnishing of medical treatment under subsection (a)(1) and 
the furnishing of services and supplies under subsection (a)(2) shall 
be at prices reflecting reasonable value as determined by the 
Administrator.
    (c) Proceeds derived from reimbursements under this section shall 
be deposited in the Treasury and may be withdrawn by the Administrator 
to pay directly the cost of work or services provided under this 
section, to repay or make advances to appropriations of funds which do 
or will bear all or a part of such cost, or to refund excess sums when 
necessary, except that such payments may be credited to a service or 
working capital fund otherwise established by law, and used under the 
law governing such funds if the fund is available for use by the 
Administrator for performing the work or services for which payment is 
received.

SEC. 17. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) There is established an advisory committee which shall be known 
as the Federal Aviation Advisory Committee (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``Advisory Committee'').
    (b) The Advisory Committee shall consist of 5 members, who shall 
consist of--
            (1) the Secretary of Transportation (who shall serve as 
        Chairman);
            (2) 2 members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate; and
            (3) 2 members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Public Works and 
        Transportation of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Each individual appointed under subsection (b) (2) and (3) as a 
member of the Advisory Committee shall be knowledgeable about matters 
involving aviation.
    (d) The Advisory Committee shall provide advice and counsel to the 
Administrator on issues which affect or are affected by the operations 
of the Administrator.
    (e) Members of the Advisory Committee, including replacement 
members appointed to fill a vacancy, shall be appointed to serve until 
the Advisory Committee is terminated pursuant to subsection (h).
    (f) Each member of the Advisory Committee shall be paid actual 
travel expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses when away 
from his or her usual place of residence, in accordance with section 
5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (g) The Administrator shall make available to the Advisory 
Committee such staff, information, and administrative services and 
assistance as may reasonably be required to enable the Advisory 
Committee to carry out its responsibilities under this section.
    (h) The Advisory Committee shall cease to be in effect on the date 
that is 2 years after the effective date of this section.

SEC. 18. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    The Administrator is authorized to accept transfers from other 
Federal agencies to funds which are available to carry out functions 
transferred by this Act to the Administrator or functions assigned by 
law to the Administrator on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 19. SEAL OF ADMINISTRATION.

    The Administrator shall cause a seal of office to be made for the 
Administration of such design as the Administrator shall approve. 
Judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.

SEC. 20. STATUS OF ADMINISTRATION UNDER CERTAIN LAWS.

    For purposes of section 551 of title 5, United States Code, the 
Administration is an agency. For purposes of chapter 9 of such title, 
the Administration is an independent regulatory agency.

SEC. 21. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

    (a) All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, 
contracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges--
            (1) which have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to 
        become effective by the President, any Federal department or 
        agency or official thereof, or by a court of competent 
        jurisdiction, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, in 
        regard to functions which are transferred under this Act to the 
        Administration, and
            (2) which are in effect at the time of the effective date 
        set forth in section 28(a), shall continue in effect according 
        to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set 
        aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the President, the 
        Administrator or other authorized officials, a court of 
        competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
    (b) The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings or 
any application for any license, permit, certificate, or financial 
assistance pending at the time of the effective date set forth in 
section 28(a); and such proceedings and applications, to the extent 
that they relate to functions so transferred, shall be continued. 
Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken 
therefrom, and payments shall be 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 revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this 
subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or 
modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions 
and to the extent that such proceeding could have been discontinued or 
modified if this Act had not been enacted.
    (c)(1) The provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced 
prior to the effective date set forth in section 28(a).
    (2) In all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and 
judgments rendered in the same manner and effect as if this Act had not 
been enacted.
    (d) In any case involving one or more officers required by this Act 
to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate who 
shall not have entered upon office on the effective date set forth in 
section 28(a), the President may designate any officer whose 
appointment was required to be made by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, and who was such an officer immediately prior to the 
effective date set forth in section 28(a), to act in such office until 
the office is filled as provided in this Act. While so acting, any such 
person shall receive compensation at the rates provided by this Act of 
the respective office in which he or she acts.

SEC. 22. LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

    Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Act, all laws, 
rules, and regulations in effect and applicable to the Federal Aviation 
Administration of the Department of Transportation and to the 
Administrator of such Administration on the date immediately preceding 
the effective date set forth in section 28(a) shall, on and after such 
effective date, be applicable to the Federal Aviation Administration 
and the Administrator established by this Act, until such law, rule, or 
regulation is repealed or otherwise modified or amended.

SEC. 23. AMENDMENT TO INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.

    Section 2 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, approved October 
12, 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.) is amended by inserting ``Federal Aviation 
Administration,'' immediately after ``Veterans' Administration,''.

SEC. 24. AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL SCHEDULE.

    (a) Section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.''.
    (b) Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``Deputy Administrator, 
Federal Aviation Administration.''.
    (c) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``Assistant Administrators, 
Federal Aviation Administration (8).
    ``Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration.''.
    (d) Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end of the following:
    ``Inspector General, Federal Aviation Administration.''.

SEC. 25. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    The provisions of this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of 
the 180-day period following the date of enactment of this Act.
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