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[CITE: 16USC590z-11]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                     CHAPTER 3C--WATER CONSERVATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS
 
Sec. 590z-11. Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of 
        the Interior
        
    For the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the administration 
of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and 
Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and this subchapter, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to delegate, from time to 
time and to the extent and under such regulations as he deems proper, 
his powers and duties under said laws to the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, an Assistant Commissioner, or the officer in charge of any 
office, division, district, or project of the Bureau of Reclamation.

(Dec. 19, 1941, ch. 595, 55 Stat. 842.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, are classified 
generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands.
    Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, referred to in text, is 
popularly known as the ``Reclamation Act'' and is classified generally 
to chapter 12 (Sec. 371 et seq.) of Title 43. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables.

                          Codification

    This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, 
53 Stat. 1418, which comprises this subchapter.

                          Transfer of Functions

    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, 
Secs. 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.
