-CITE-


    16 USC Sec. 838e                                             01/26/98

-EXPCITE-


    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION


    CHAPTER 12G - PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEDERAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

-HEAD-


    Sec. 838e. Acquisition of property

-STATUTE-


      Subject to the provisions of section 838c of this title the


    Administrator may purchase or lease or otherwise acquire and hold


    such real and personal property in the name of the United States as


    he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out his duties pursuant


    to law.

-SOURCE-


    (Pub. L. 93-454, Sec. 7, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1377.)

-TRANS-


                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS


      Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville


    Power Administration transferred to Secretary of Energy by section


    7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with


    Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct


    organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an


    Administrator.