Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act

date of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall certify compliance with this Act, including the requirement under subsection (a), to the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. SEC. 6. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT. Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary of State may delegate any of the functions transferred to the Secretary under this Act to such officers and employees of the Secretary as the Secretary may designate, and may authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation of functions by the Secretary of State under this section or under any other provision of this Act shall relieve the Secretary of responsibility for the administration of the function. SEC. 7. REFERENCES. With regard to functions transferred under section 2, a reference in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or relating to-- (1) the Secretary of Education shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; and (2) the Department of Education shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State. SEC. 8. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. (a) Legal Documents.--All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges-- (1) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, any Federal agency or official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of any function that is transferred by this Act, and (2) that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date), shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the President, the Secretary of State, any other authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law. (b) Proceedings.--This Act shall not affect any proceedings or any application for any benefits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending on the effective date of this Act before the Department of Education (with respect to functions transferred by this Act). Such proceedings and applications shall continue, 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 proceeding 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 considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted. (c) Suits.--Except as provided in subsection (e)-- (1) this Act shall not affect suits commenced before the effective date of this Act; and (2) in all such suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. (d) Nonabatement of Actions.--No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Department of Education (with respect to the functions transferred by this Act), or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee of the Department of Education (with regard to functions transferred by this Act), shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. (e) Continuance of Suits.--If, before the date on which a transfer of a function under this Act takes effect, the Secretary of Education or any officer or employee of the Department of Education in the official capacity as such an officer or employee is party to a suit relating to the function, then such suit shall be continued and the Secretary of State, or other appropriate official of the Department of State, shall be substituted or added as a party. (f) Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review.--Except as otherwise provided by this Act, any statutory requirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the record, or administrative or judicial review that apply to any function transferred by this Act shall apply to the exercise of such function by the Secretary of State, and other officers of the Department of State, to which such function is transferred by this Act. SEC. 9. TRANSITION. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is authorized to use, for such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly implementation of this Act-- (1) the services of officers, employees, and other personnel of the Department of Education with regard to functions transferred under this Act; (2) assets of the Department of Education with regard to such functions; and (3) funds appropriated to such functions. SEC. 10. DEFINITION OF FUNCTION. For purposes of this Act, the term ``function'' includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program. SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 9, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Early Implementation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), transfers of functions under section 2 or any other provision of this Act (other than section 9) may be carried out beginning on the date of enactment of this Act but not later than the effective date of this Act. <all>