Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§7298 Presidential Authority
Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER VII — TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS › § 7298
Summary
Keeps the President's powers as they were on October 1, 1977, and lets him give, reassign, or end any delegated duties he had then. Subchapter IV may provide exceptions.
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Title 42, §7298
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Except as provided in subchapter IV, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit, curtail, abolish, or terminate any function of, or authority available to, the President which he had immediately before October 1, 1977; or to limit, curtail, abolish, or terminate his authority to delegate, redelegate, or terminate any delegation of functions.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565, 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
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note set out under section 7101 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 7298
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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