42 U.S.C. § 7341: Effective date

Summary

The rules in this chapter start 120 days after the Secretary first takes office unless the President sets an earlier date and publishes it in the Federal Register. After August 4, 1977, officers in subchapters II and IV can be nominated and appointed, and the Secretary and the Commission can issue rules under section 7295(b)(2). With the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, agencies whose duties move to the Secretary or the Commission may use their existing funds to pay the salaries and expenses of those appointed officers until other money is available.

Title 42, §7341

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The provisions of this chapter shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after the Secretary first takes office, or on such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, except that at any time after August 4, 1977, (1) any of the officers provided for in subchapters II and IV of this chapter may be nominated and appointed, as provided in those subchapters, and (2) the Secretary and the Commission may promulgate regulations pursuant to section 7295(b)(2) of this title at any time after August 4, 1977. Funds available to any department or agency (or any official or component thereof), functions of which are transferred to the Secretary or the Commission by this chapter, may with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, be used to pay the compensation and expenses of any officer appointed pursuant to this subsection until such time as funds for that purpose are otherwise available.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

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

Short Title

note set out under section 7101 of this title and Tables.

Executive Documents

Executive Order No. 12009 Ex. Ord. No. 12009, Sept. 13, 1977, 42 F.R. 46267, which prescribed Oct. 1, 1977, as the

Effective Date

of this chapter, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.

§7341 Effective Date