repeal and amendment of existing statutes

repeal and amendment of existing statutes Sec. 615. (a) On the date of transfer to the State (pursuant to section 604 of this title) or other disposition (pursuant to section 611 of this title), whichever first occurs, the following provisions are repealed: (1) The Act of March 12, 1914 (43 U.S.C. 975 et seq.). (2) The Act of June 24, 1946, to authorize certain expenditures by the Alaska Railroad (60 Stat. 304). (3) The Act of July 19, 1932, concerning mining of coal adjacent to the Alaska Railroad (30 U.S.C. 208a). (4) [Repealed by P.L. 103–272] (b) On the date of transfer to the State (pursuant to section 604 of this title) or other disposition (pursuant to section 611 of this title), whichever first occurs, the following provisions are amended as follows: (1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in section 305(a), by striking paragraph (3), and by redesignating paragraphs (4)–(8) as paragraphs (3)–(7), respectively; (B) in section 3401(1), by striking clause (iii), and by redesignating clauses (iv)–(viii) as clauses (iii)–(vii), respectively; (C) in section 5102(a)(1), by striking clause (iii), and by redesignating clauses (iv)–(ix) as clauses (iii)–(viii), respectively; (D) in section 5342(a)(1), by striking subparagraph (C), and by redesignating subparagraphs (D)–(J) as subparagraphs (C)–(I), respectively; and (E) in section 7327, by striking subsection (a), and by striking the subsection designation “(b)”. (2) Section 102(7) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 802(7)) is amended by striking “and the Alaska Railroad”. (3) Section 10749(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting “or” at the end of paragraph (1)(B); (B) by striking “; or” at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (C) by striking paragraph (3). (4) Section 324(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 251(a)(1)) is amended by striking “employees of the Alaska Railroad and”. (5) Section 202(3)(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh–1(3)(a)) is amended by striking the third sentence. (6) Section 1(o) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231(o)) is amended by inserting immediately after “National Transportation Safety Board,” the following: “the State-owned railroad (as defined in the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982), so long as it is an instrumentality of the State of Alaska,”.