42 USC § 7252 - Delegation

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title: "42 USC § 7252 - Delegation"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7252"
section_name: "Delegation"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 642, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 599.)"
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# § 7252. Delegation

Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Secretary may delegate any of his functions to such officers and employees of the Department as he may designate, and may authorize such successive redelegations of such functions within the Department as he may deem to be necessary or appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 642, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 599.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Department of Energy Organization Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Reorganization of Field Activities and Management of National Security Functions

> “None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to implement section 3140 of H.R. 3230 as reported by the Committee of Conference on
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> , set out below]. The Secretary of Energy shall develop a plan to reorganize the field activities and management of the national security functions of the Department of Energy and shall submit such plan to the Congress not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [
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> ]. The plan will specifically identify all significant functions performed by the Department’s national security operations and area offices and make recommendations as to where those functions should be performed.”

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, , , which was formerly set out as a note under this section, was renumbered  by –(C), , , and classified to , War and National Defense, and was repealed and restated as , Armed Forces, by , (b)(1), , , 1458.