---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1205"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1205"
heading: "General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1205"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Jellyfish or Sea Nettles, Other Such Pests, and Seaweed in Coastal Waters: Control or Elimination"
---

# §1205. General authority of Secretary for conducting studies, research, and investigations unaffected


Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, or diminish the present general authority of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Commerce to conduct studies, research, and investigations related to the mission of the Department of Commerce.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–720, § 5, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

## Notes

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and substitution of Department of Commerce for Department of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 1201 of this title.