§1605. Transfer of personnel and funds

The personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, facilities, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions and offices, or portions thereof, transferred by this Act, including all Senior Executive Service positions, subject to section 1531 of title 31, shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation for appropriate allocation. Personnel employed in connection with functions transferred by this Act shall be transferred in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations relating to transfer of functions. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated, except that such funds may be used for the expenses associated with the transfer pursuant to this Act.

( Pub. L. 97–31, §6, Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 151 .)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 97–31, Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 151 , known as the Maritime Act of 1981. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1601 of this Appendix and Tables.

Codification

"Section 1531 of title 31" substituted in text for "section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 [31 U.S.C. 581c]" on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067 , the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.