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States Code, is amended by striking out “the General 
Counsel of the Department of Transportation” and inserting 
in lieu thereof “the General Counsel of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Agency”. 
Sec. 5. (a) All orders, determinations, rules, regula- 
tions, permits, contracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges— 
(1) which have been issued, made, granted, or - 
allowed to become effective— 
(A) under any provision of law amended by 
this Act, or 
(B) in the exercise of duties, powers, or func- 
tions which are transferred under this Act, 
by (i) any department or agency, any functions of 
which are transferred by this Act, or (ii) any court 
of competent jurisdiction, and 
(2) which are in effect at the time this Act takes 
effect, 
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modi- 
fied, terminated, superseded, set aside, or repealed by the 
Administrator or General Counsel (in the exercise of any 
authority respectively vested in them by this Act) of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (hereafter re- 
ferred to in this section as the “Agency’’) , by any court of 
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
