Department of Natural Resources and Environment Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Department of Natural Resources and Environment Act - Establishes, as an executive department of the United States Government, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment headed by a Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to and vests in the Secretary: (1) all of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and all officers and components of that Department; (2) the functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and officers and components of that Department, as related to or are utilized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) the functions of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Chief of Engineers and the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, as related to or are utilized for civil works and civil regulatory functions; (4) all of the functions of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Board on Coastal Engineering Research, Mississippi River Commission, and California Debr…