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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 25 — Jellyfish or Sea Nettles, Other Such Pests, and Seaweed in Coastal Waters: Control or Elimination

§ 1205. General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected

Statutory text

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, or diminish the present general authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct studies, research, and investigations related to the mission of the Department of Commerce.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 89–720 § 5 · 80 Stat. 1149

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1205

    Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, or diminish the present general authority of the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies, research, and investigations related to the mission of the Department of the Interior.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and substitution of Department of Commerce for Department of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 1201 of this title.

Credits

1966–1970 · 2 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, , 80 Stat. 1149
  2. 19701970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.
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(Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, , 80 Stat. 1149; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

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