20 U.S.C. § 4421 : US Code - Section 4421: Transfer of functions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 4421 : US Code - Section 4421: Transfer of functions

(a) Institute of American Indian Arts
There are hereby transferred to the Institute of American Indian
and Alaska Native Culture and Art Development, and such Institute
shall perform, the functions of the Institute of American Indian
Arts established by the Secretary in 1962.
(b) Certain matters relating to transferred functions
(1) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, all personnel,
liabilities, contracts, real property (including the collections of
the museum located on the site known as the "Santa Fe Indian
School" but not the museum building), personal property, assets,
and records as are determined by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget to be employed, held, or used primarily in
connection with any function transferred under the provisions of
this chapter (regardless of the administrative entity providing the
services on the date before the transfer) shall be transferred to
the Institute.
(2) Personnel engaged in functions transferred by this chapter
shall be transferred in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations relating to the transfer of functions, except that such
transfer shall be without reduction in classification or
compensation for one year after such transfer.
(c) References in other laws
All laws and regulations relating to the Institute of American
Indian Arts established by the Secretary in 1962 shall, insofar as
such laws and regulations are appropriate, and not inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter, remain in full force and
effect and apply with respect to the Institute. All references in
any other Federal law to the Institute of American Indian Arts, or
any officer transferred to the Institute of American Indian and
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development under subsection (b) of
this section, shall be deemed to refer to the Institute of American
Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development or an officer
of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development.
(d) Forgiveness of amounts owed; hold harmless
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) -
(A) the Institute shall be responsible for all obligations of
the Institute incurred after June 2, 1988, and
(B) the Secretary shall be responsible for all obligations of
the Institute incurred on or before June 2, 1988, including those
which accrued by reason of any statutory, contractual, or other
reason prior to June 2, 1988, which became payable within two
years of June 2, 1988.
(2) With respect to all programs of the Federal Government, in
whatever form or from whatever source derived, the Institute shall
only be held responsible for actions and requirements, either
administrative, regulatory, or statutory in nature, for events
which occurred after July 1, 1988, including the submission of
reports, audits, and other required information. The United States
may not seek any monetary damages or repayment for the commission
of events, or omission to comply with either administrative or
regulatory requirements, for any action which occurred prior to
June 2, 1988.