Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 73 — Development of Energy Sources
§ 5874. Definitions
Statutory text
As used in this chapter—
any reference to “function” or “functions” shall be deemed to include references to duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be; and
any reference to “perform” or “performance”, when used in relation to functions, shall be deemed to include the exercise of power, authority, rights, and privileges.
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.
Pub. L. 93–438 title III § 304 · 88 Stat. 1233
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5874
(Pub. L. 93–438, title III, § 304, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1251.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–438, title III, § 304, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1251.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 304. As used in this Act— 42 USC 5874. (1) any reference to “function” or “functions” shall be deemed to include references to duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be; and (2) any reference to “perform” or “performance”, when used in relation to functions, shall be deemed to include the exercise of power, authority, rights, and privileges.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–438, , 88 Stat. 1233, known as the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5801 of this title and Tables.