Sec. 502. Reorganization plan

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Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a reorganization plan regarding the following: The transfer of agencies, personnel, assets, and obligations to the Administration pursuant to this Act. Any consolidation, reorganization, or streamlining of agencies transferred to the Administration pursuant to this Act. The plan transmitted under subsection

(a)shall contain, consistent with this Act, such elements as the President determines appropriate, including the following: Identification of any functions of agencies designated to be transferred to the Administration pursuant to this Act that will not be transferred to the Administration under the plan. Specification of the steps to be taken by the Administrator to organize the Administration, including the delegation or assignment of functions transferred to the Administration among the officers of the Administration in order to permit the Administration to carry out the functions transferred under the plan. Specification of the funds available to each agency that will be transferred to the Administration as a result of transfers under the plan. Specification of the proposed allocations within the Administration of unexpended funds transferred in connection with transfers under the plan. Specification of any proposed disposition of property, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and obligations of agencies transferred under the plan. Specification of the proposed allocations within the Administration of the functions of the agencies and subdivisions that are not related directly to ensuring the safety of food. The President may, on the basis of consultations with the appropriate congressional committees, modify or revise any part of the plan until that part of the plan becomes effective in accordance with subsection (d). The reorganization plan described in this section, including any modifications or revisions of the plan under subsection (c), shall become effective for an agency on the earlier of— the date specified in the plan (or the plan as modified pursuant to subsection (c)), except that such date may not be earlier than 90 days after the date the President has transmitted the reorganization plan to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to subsection (a); or the end of the transition period. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require the transfer of functions, personnel, records, balances of appropriations, or other assets of an agency on a single date. Paragraph

(1)shall apply notwithstanding section 905(b) of title 5, United States Code.