Health department would take over foreign medical education panel duties

Health and Human Services would take over the Education Department's duties for the advisory panel. The panel is the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. An office within Health and Human Services that exists the day before enactment would carry out these duties. Transfers could start at enactment and must finish within six months, when the act generally takes effect.

Related staff, money, and other resources would move to Health and Human Services. The transfer covers resources tied to the panel's duties. Transferred money could be used only for its original purposes. The act could not cause a net rise in staffing across affected federal agencies, measured in full-time jobs against enactment-day levels. Transfers could begin at enactment and must finish within six months.

Rules and approvals in force when duties transfer would remain valid until legally changed. Pending applications and proceedings would continue. This covers transferred duties, including applications and proceedings pending at the Education Department on enactment day. Pending matters could still be changed or stopped under the same rules as before.