Sec. 9. Savings provisions
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All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges— that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, by the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, any other Government official, or a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions of the head of that bureau that are transferred by this Act, and that are in effect on the effective date of this Act (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such date), shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the President, the Attorney General or other authorized official, or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings or any application for any benefits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives on the effective date of this Act, but such proceedings and applications shall be continued. 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Act had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.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 deemed 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. The provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced before the effective date of this Act, and 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.
No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer of such bureau shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. If, before the effective date of this Act, any agency or officer thereof in the official capacity of such officer, is party to a suit, and under this Act any function of such agency or officer is transferred to the Attorney General or any other official of the Department of Justice, then such suit shall be continued with the Attorney General or other appropriate official of the Department of Justice substituted or added as a party.