2015 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands (Sections 1 - 2434)
Chapter 31 - Department of the Interior (Sections 1451 - 1475b)
Sec. 1453 - Assistant Secretaries of the Interior
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 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. 1453 - Assistant Secretaries of the Interior |
Contains | section 1453 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §438; Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 497; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, §1, 39 Stat. 1102; Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107. |
Statutes at Large References | 12 Stat. 369 17 Stat. 486 23 Stat. 497 39 Stat. 1102 58 Stat. 107 64 Stat. 1262 80 Stat. 378 85 Stat. 76 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 89-554, Public Law 92-22, Public Law 95-452 |
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There shall be in the Department of the Interior two Assistant Secretaries of the Interior who shall be without numerical distinction of rank and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(R.S. §438; Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 497; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, §1, 39 Stat. 1102; Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107.)
CODIFICATIONAct Feb. 29, 1944, provided that the Assistant Secretaries shall be without numerical distinction of rank.
R.S. §438 derived from acts Mar. 14, 1862, ch. 41, §6, 12 Stat. 369; Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, §1, 17 Stat. 486.
Section was formerly classified to section 482 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.
Functions, powers, and duties of Office of Audit and Investigation in Department of the Interior transferred to Office of Inspector General in Department of the Interior, as established by section 9(a)(1)(F) of Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–452, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SECRETARYAn Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of the Interior under the classified civil service, to perform such duties as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and to receive compensation at the rate of $14,800 per annum, was provided for by section 4 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out as a note under section 1451 of this title, prior to repeal of section 4 by Pub. L. 92–22, §3, June 1, 1971, 85 Stat. 76.
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARYAn additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and to receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of executive departments, was provided for by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §3, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.
TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARYThe office of a temporary additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, which was provided for by act Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107, ceased to exist by the terms of such act at the expiration of six months following the cessation of hostilities in World War II, which was proclaimed by the President at 12 o'clock noon of December 31, 1946, in Proc. No. 2714, 12 F.R. 1, set out as a note preceding section 1 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
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