; and (B) are in effect on the date of the transfers of functions by section 6, or were final before such date and are to become effective on or after such date. (b) Proceedings not affected The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings, including notices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the Agency on the date of the transfers of functions by section 6, with respect to functions transferred by section 6, but such proceedings and applications shall continue. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted. (c) Causes of action not affected The provisions of this Act shall not affect any cause of action commenced before the date of the transfers of functions by section 6, and in all such causes of action, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. (d) Nonabatement of causes of action No cause of action commenced by or against the Agency, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer of the Agency, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. (e) Administrative actions relating to promulgation of regulations Any administrative action relating to the preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the Agency relating to a function transferred by section 6 may be continued by the