§ 715j. — "President" as including agencies, officers and employees.
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[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC715j]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Sec. 715j. ``President'' as including agencies, officers and
employees
Wherever reference is made in this chapter to the President such
reference shall be held to include, in addition to the President, any
agency, officer, or employee who may be designated by the President for
the execution of any of the powers and functions vested in the President
under this chapter.
(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 11, 49 Stat. 33.)
Delegation of Functions
Ex. Ord. No. 6979, Feb. 28, 1935, which designated and appointed
Secretary of the Interior to execute powers and functions vested in
President by this chapter except those vested in him by section 715c of
this title, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 10752, set out below.
Ex. Ord. No. 7756, Dec. 1, 1937, 2 F.R. 2664, which delegated to
Secretary of the Interior powers and functions vested in President under
this chapter except those vested in him by section 715c of this title,
and authorized Secretary to establish a Petroleum Conservation Division
in Department of the Interior, the functions and duties of which shall
be: (1) to assist, in such manner as may be prescribed by Secretary of
the Interior, in administering said act, (2) to cooperate with oil and
gas-producing States in prevention of waste in oil and gas production
and in adoption of uniform oil- and gas-conservation laws and
regulations, and (3) to keep informed currently as to facts which may be
required for exercise of responsibility of President under section 715c
of this title, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 10752, set out below.
Ex. Ord. No. 10752. Delegation of Functions to the Secretary of the
Interior
Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12, 1958, 23 F.R. 973, provided:
Section 1. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby designated and
appointed as the agent of the President for the execution of all the
powers and functions vested in the President by the act of February 22,
1935, 49 Stat. 30, entitled ``An Act to regulate interstate and foreign
commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in
such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of
State law, and for other purposes,'' as amended (15 U.S.C. 715 et seq.),
except those vested in the President by section 4 of the act (15 U.S.C.
715c).
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior may make such provisions in
the Department of the Interior as he may deem appropriate to administer
the said act.
Sec. 3. This Executive order supersedes Executive Order No. 6979 of
February 28, 1935, Executive Order No. 7756 of December 1, 1937 (2 F.R.
2664), Executive Order No. 9732 of June 3, 1946 (11 F.R. 5985), and
paragraph (q) of section 1 of Executive Order No. 10250 of June 5, 1951
(16 F.R. 5385).
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 715h of this title.
