1997 US Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12D - COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
Sec. 835c-4 - General powers of Secretary of the Interior; delegation to authorized representatives
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 12D - COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT Sec. 835c-4 - General powers of Secretary of the Interior; delegation to authorized representatives |
| Contains | section 835c-4 |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 27, 1937, ch. 269, §8, as added Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 20; amended Oct. 1, 1962, Pub. L. 87-728, §6(c), 76 Stat. 679. |
| Statutes at Large References | 57 Stat. 20 64 Stat. 1262 76 Stat. 679, 678 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 87-728 |
§835c–4. General powers of Secretary of the Interior; delegation to authorized representatives
The Secretary is authorized to perform such acts, to make such rules and regulations, and to include in contracts relating to the Columbia Basin project such provisions as he deems proper for carrying out the provisions of sections 835 and 835a to 835c–5 1 of this title; and in connection with sales or exchanges under such sections, he is authorized to effect conveyances without regard to the law governing the patenting of public lands. Wherever in said sections functions, powers, or duties are conferred upon the Secretary, said functions, powers, or duties may be performed, exercised, or discharged by his duly authorized representatives.
(May 27, 1937, ch. 269, §8, as added Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 20; amended Oct. 1, 1962, Pub. L. 87–728, §6(c), 76 Stat. 679.)
References in TextSections 835a, 835b, 835c–3 and 835c–5, included within the reference to sections 835a to 835c–5 of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 87–728, §3, Oct. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 678.
Amendments1962—Pub. L. 87–728 substituted “contracts relating to the Columbia Basin project” for “the contracts hereinbefore provided for”.
Transfer of FunctionsPower marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 835, 835c, 835c–1, 835c–2, 835d of this title.
1 See References in Text note below.
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