16 USC § 1205 - General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1205"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 1205 - General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1205"
section_name: "General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "JELLYFISH OR SEA NETTLES, OTHER SUCH PESTS, AND SEAWEED IN COASTAL WATERS: CONTROL OR ELIMINATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)"
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# § 1205. General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, or diminish the present general authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct studies, research, and investigations related to the mission of the Department of Commerce.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
## Executive Documents
### Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and substitution of Department of Commerce for Department of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under .