PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



91 STAT. 607 



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. 



(2) The Secretary and the Commission are authorized to pro)nul- Regulations, 

 gale regulations providing for the orderly transfer of such proceed- 

 ings to the Department or the Commission. 



(c) Except as provided in subsection (e) — 



(1) the provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced 

 prior to the date this Act takes effect, and, 



(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) No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against 

 any officer in his official capacity as an officer of any department or 

 agency, functions of which are transferred by this Act, shall abate 

 by reason of the enactment of this Act. No cause of action by or 

 against any department or agency, functions of which are transferred 

 by this Act, or by or against any officer thereof in his official capacity 

 shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. 



(e) If, before the date on which this Act takes effect, any depart- 

 ment or agency, or officer thereof in his official capacity, is a party to 

 a suit, and under this Act any function of such department, agency, 

 or officer is transferred to the Secretary or any other official, then such 

 suit shall be continued with the Secretary or other official, as the case 

 may be, substituted. 



SEPARABILmr 



Sec. 706. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 

 to any person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder 

 of this Act nor the application of such provision to other persons or 

 circumstances shall be affected thereby. 



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REFERENCE 



Sec. 707. With respect to any functions transferred by this Act 

 and exercised after the effective date of this Act, reference in any 

 other Federal law to any department, commission, or agency or any 

 officer or office the functions of which are so transferred shall be 

 d emed to refer to the Secretary, the Federal Energy Regulatory 

 Commission, or other official or component of the Department in which 

 this Act vests such functions. 



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PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY 



Sec. 708. Except as provided in title IV, nothing contained in this 

 Act shall be construed to limit, curtail, abolish, or terminate any func- 

 tion of, or authority available to, the President which he had immedi- 

 ately before the effective date of this Act; or to limit, curtail, abolish, 

 or terminate his authority to delegate, redelegate, or terminate any 

 delegation of functions. 



amendments 



Sec. 709. (a) The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 is 

 amended : 



( 1 ) by repealing sections 4, 9, 28, and 30 ; 



(2) in section 7 — 



(A) by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and redesig- 

 nating subsection (c) as subsection (a) ; 



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Repeals. 



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768, 786, 761 



note. 



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