§857–5. General provisions

(a) Statutes applicable to officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration; service in Coast and Geodetic Survey as service in such Administration

All statutes that applied to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 12, 1965, shall apply to officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration on that date and subsequent thereto, unless amended or repealed, and service as a commissioned officer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall constitute service as a commissioned officer in the Environmental Science Services Administration.

(b) Statutes applicable to officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration; service in certain agencies as service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

All statutes that applied to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 12, 1965, and to commissioned officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration subsequent to that date shall apply to officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on October 3, 1970, and subsequent thereto, unless amended or repealed, and service as a commissioned officer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Environmental Science Services Administration shall constitute service as a commissioned officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(c) Change in pay or allowances

The enactment of this Act does not increase or decrease the pay or allowances of any person.

(d) References in other laws, regulations, and orders

A reference to a law replaced by this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provisions enacted by this Act.

(e) Rules, regulations, and orders; continuing effect

An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provisions enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded.

(f) Construction of provisions; arrangement and headings

An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of the caption or catchline thereof.

(g) Separability

If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

( Pub. L. 91–621, §5, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1864 .)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) to (g), means Pub. L. 91–621, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1863 , as amended, which enacted sections 857–1 to 857–5 of this title, amended sections 1715g and 1715m of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and sections 101 and 3105 (now 5305) of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 857–1 of this title and section 101 of Title 38. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.