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1 SEC. 103. ESTABUSHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 



2 ENVIRONMENT. 



3 (a) Redesignation. — The Environmental Protec- 



4 tion Agency is hereby redesignated as the Department of 



5 the Environment (hereafter referred to as the "Depart- 



6 ment") and shall be an executive department in the execu- 



7 tive branch of the Government. The official acronym of 



8 the Department shall be the "U.S.D.E.". 



9 (b) Secretary op the EN^^RONMENT. — (1) There 



10 shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of the 



1 1 Environment who shall be appointed by the President, by 



12 and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The De- 



13 partment shall be administered under the supervision and 



14 direction of the Secretary. 



15 (2) The Secretary may not assign duties for or dele- 



16 gate authority for the supervision of the Assistant Sec- 



17 retaries, the Greneral Counsel, the Director of Environ- 



18 mental Statistics, or the Inspector General of the Depart- 



19 ment to any officer of the Department other than the Dep- 



20 uty Secretary. 



21 (3) Except as described under paragraph (2) of this 



22 section and section 104(b)(2), and notwithstanding any 



23 other provision of law, the Secretary may delegate any 



24 functions including the making of regulations to such offi- 



25 eers and employees of the Department as the Secretary 



26 may designate, and may authorize such successive 



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