2003 US Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sec. 1464 - Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Sec. 1464 - Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department |
Contains | section 1464 |
Date | 2003 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 19, 2004 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | July 4, 1884, ch. 181, §5, 23 Stat. 101. |
Statutes at Large References | 23 Stat. 101 64 Stat. 1262 80 Stat. 378 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 89-554 |
§1464. Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department
The Secretary of the Interior may prescribe rules and regulations governing the recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his department, and may require of such persons, agents, and attorneys, before being recognized as representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good moral character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to advise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their claims and such Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude from further practice before his department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud in any manner, deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant, or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.
(July 4, 1884, ch. 181, §5, 23 Stat. 101.)
CodificationSection was formerly classified to section 493 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Transfer of FunctionsFor 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, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
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