91 STAT. 578 



PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



by law in the. officers and coni])onents of either such Administration. 

 Federal Power " (b) Except as provided in title IV, there are hereby transferred 



Commission. to, and vested in, the Secretary the function of the Federal Power 



Commission, or of the members, officers, or components thereof. Tlie 

 Secretary may exercise any power described in section 402(a) (2) to 

 the extent the Secretary determines such power to be necessary to the 

 exercise of any function within his jurisdiction pursuant to the pre- 

 cedinjr sentence. 



42 use 7152. 

 16 use 825s. 



16 use 832. 

 16 use 838 note. 



68 Sut. 255. 

 77 Sut. 475. 



Federal leases. 



43 use 1331 



note. 



30 use 181 note, 



351 note. 



TRANSFKHS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



Sec. 302. (a) (1) There are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the 

 Secretary all functions of the Secretary of the Interior under section 5 

 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, and all other functions of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, and officers and components of the Department of 

 the Interior, with respect to — 



(A) the Southeastern Power Administration; 



( B ) the Southwestern Power Administration ; 



(C) the Alaska Power Administration; 



(D) the Bonneville Power Administration including but not 

 limited to the authority contained in the Bonneville Project Act 

 of 1937 and the Federal Columbia River Transmission System 

 Act; 



(E) the power marketing functions of the Bureau of Reclama- 

 tion, including the construction, operation, and maintenance of 

 transmission lines and attendant facilities; and 



(F) the transmission and disposition of the electric power and 

 energy generated at Falcon Dam and Amistad Dam, international 

 storage reservoir projects on the Rio Grande, pursuant to the Act 

 of June 18, 1954, as amended by the Act of December 23, 1963. 



(2) The Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern 

 Power Administration, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the 

 Alasl<a Power Administration shall be preserved as separate and dis- 

 tinct organizational entities within the Department. Each such entity 

 shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the Secretary. The 

 functions transferred to the Secretary in paragraphs (1) (A), (1) (B), 

 (1)(C). and (1){D) shall be exercised by the Secretary, acting by 

 and through sudi Administi'ators. Each such Administrator sliall 

 maintain his principal office at a place located in the region served by 

 his respective Federal power maiketing entity. 



(3) The functions transferred in paragraphs (1)(E) and (1)(F) 

 of this subsection shall be exercised by the Secretary, acting by and 

 through a separate and dist'nct Administration within the Depart- 

 ment which shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the 

 Secretary. The Administrator shall establish and shall maintain 

 such regional offices as necessary to facilitate the performance of 

 such functions. Neither the transfer of functions ertected by para- 

 graph (1) (E) of this subsection nor any changes in cost allocation or 

 project evaluation standards shall be deemed to authorize the reallo- 

 cation of joint costs of multipurpose facilities theretofore allocated 

 unless and to the extent that such change is hereafter approved by 

 Congress. 



(b) There are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary the 

 functions of the Secretary of the Interior to pioinulgate regulations 

 nnder the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Mineral Lands 

 Leasing Act, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, the Geo- 



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