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1 (c) Designation op Responsibilities Prior to 



2 Confirmation. — ^Whenever the President submits the 



3 name of an individual to the Senate for confirmation as 



4 Assistant Secretary under this section, the President shall 



5 state the particular responsibilities of the Department 



6 such individual shall exercise upon taking office. 



7 (d) Continuing Performance of Functions. — 



8 On the effective date of this Act, the Administrator and 



9 Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection 



10 Agency shall be redesignated as the Secretary and Deputy 



1 1 Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Assist- 



12 ant Administrators of the Agency shall be redesignated as 



13 Assistant Secretaries of the Department, and the General 



14 Counsel and the Inspector General of the Agency shall be 



15 redesignated as the General Counsel and the Inspector 



16 General of the Department, without renomination or re- 



17 confirmation. 



18 (e) CfflEF Information Resources Officer. — (1) 



19 The Secretary shall designate the Assistant Secretary 



20 whose responsibilities include information resource man- 



21 agement functions as required by section 3506 of title 44, 



22 United States Code, as the Chief Information Resources 



23 Officer of the Department. 



24 (2) The Chief Information Resources Officer shall— 



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