§ 833j. — Suits for and against project; legal representation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC833j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12C--FORT PECK PROJECT
Sec. 833j. Suits for and against project; legal representation
The Secretary of the Interior may, in the name of the United States,
under the supervision of the Attorney General, bring such suits at law
or in equity as in his judgment may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this chapter; and he shall be represented in the prosecution
and defense of all litigation affecting the status or operation of the
Fort Peck project by the United States attorneys for the districts,
respectively, in which such litigation may arise, or by such attorney or
attorneys as the Attorney General may designate as authorized by law, in
conjunction with the regularly employed attorneys of the Bureau.
(May 18, 1938, ch. 250, Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 407.)
Transfer of Functions
Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including
construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and
attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section
7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are
to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within
Department of Energy.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
