Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§765 Transfer of functions

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 16B— - FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › § 765

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All duties and powers of the Secretary of the Interior, the Interior Department, and their staff that are tied to or used by the Office of Petroleum Allocation, the Office of Energy Conservation, the Office of Energy Data and Analysis, and the Office of Oil and Gas are moved to the Administrator. Likewise, the duties and powers of the Chairman, the Executive Director, and the Cost of Living Council and its staff that relate to the Council’s Energy Division are also moved to the Administrator.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §765

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(a)There are hereby transferred to and vested in the Administrator all functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of that Department—
(1)as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Petroleum Allocation;
(2)as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Conservation;
(3)as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Data and Analysis; and
(4)as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Oil and Gas.
(b)There are hereby transferred to and vested in the Administrator all functions of the Chairman of the Cost of Living Council, the Executive Director of the Cost of Living Council, and the Cost of Living Council, and officers and components thereof, as relate to or are utilized by the Energy Division of the Cost of Living Council.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by section 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Executive Documents

Abolition of Cost of Living Council Cost of Living Council abolished
July 1, 1974, by Ex. Ord. No. 11788, § 1,
June 18, 1974, 39 F.R. 22113.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 765

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73