Pub. L. 93-604, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. (a) The transfer of functions and personnel under this title shall be effective on such date as is mutually determined by the Comptroller General of the United States and the Administrator of General Services, but not earlier than October 1, 1975, and not later than September 30, 1976. (b) Upon the enactment of this Act the Comptroller General of the United States shall establish and carry out a continuing program of personnel development and improvement applicable to the personnel who will be transferred under this title. Such program shall include provisions for training, career development and counseling services, a review of equal employment opportunity problems and the taking of corrective action, where appropriate, and any restructuring, reclassification, and redesigning of positions necessary to effectuate a full and adequate transfer of the functions as provided for under this title. (c) At least sixty days prior to the effective date determined under subsection (a), the Administrator of General Services shall establish a detailed plan for the transfer of functions and personnel under this title and shall publish such plan in the Federal Register. Such plan shall be based on a thorough survey of the availability of transportation to any new location for functions and personnel transferred and of the availability of parking facilities and food, health, and other services for personnel transferred, and shall include a detailed description of a personnel development program to be conducted by the Administrator of General Services to assure the establishment and maintenance of procedures which guarantee equal employment opportunities, promotion opportunities, employment, and career counseling, and training and career development for personnel who are transferred. (e) Six months after the date of the transfer of the personnel and functions under this title, the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall make a report to the Congress as to actions which he has taken to implement such plan and the transfer of such personnel and functions thereunder.