Any person who was appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to any statutory position authorized by any provision of law repealed by section
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(a) and who is serving in one of such positions at the time of transfer of functions pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section
2381 of this title, may be appointed by the President to a comparable position authorized by subsection (a) of this section on the date of the establishment of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter, without further action by the Senate.