EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.

SEC. 804. [52 U.S.C. 21134] EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION. (a) Effective Date.—This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect upon the appointment of all members of the Election Assistance Commission under section 203. (b) Transition.—With the consent of the entity involved, the Election Assistance Commission is authorized to utilize the services of such officers, employees, and other personnel of the entities from which functions have been transferred to the Election Assistance Commission under this title or the amendments made by this title for such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly transfer of such functions. (c) No Effect on Authorities of Office of Election Administration Prior to Appointment of Members of Commission.—During the period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on the effective date described in subsection (a), the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission shall continue to have the authority to carry out any of the functions (including the development of voluntary standards for voting systems and procedures for the certification of voting systems) which it has the authority to carry out as of the date of the enactment of this Act.