§ 1731. — Bureau of Land Management.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1731]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 35--FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 1731. Bureau of Land Management
(a) Director; appointment, qualifications, functions, and duties
The Bureau of Land Management established by Reorganization Plan
Numbered 3, of 1946 shall have as its head a Director. Appointments to
the position of Director shall hereafter be made by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director of the
Bureau shall have a broad background and substantial experience in
public land and natural resource management. He shall carry out such
functions and shall perform such duties as the Secretary may prescribe
with respect to the management of lands and resources under his
jurisdiction according to the applicable provisions of this Act and any
other applicable law.
(b) Statutory transfer of functions, powers and duties relating to
administration of laws
Subject to the discretion granted to him by Reorganization Plan
Numbered 3 of 1950, the Secretary shall carry out through the Bureau all
functions, powers, and duties vested in him and relating to the
administration of laws which, on October 21, 1976, were carried out by
him through the Bureau of Land Management established by section 403 of
Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1946. The Bureau shall administer such
laws according to the provisions thereof existing as of October 21,
1976, as modified by the provisions of this Act or by subsequent law.
(c) Associate Director, Assistant Directors, and other employees;
appointment and compensation
In addition to the Director, there shall be an Associate Director of
the Bureau and so many Assistant Directors, and other employees, as may
be necessary, who shall be appointed by the Secretary subject to the
provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service,
and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter 3 \1\ of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification
and General Schedule pay rates.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be subchapter ``III''.
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(d) Existing regulations relating to administration of laws
Nothing in this section shall affect any regulation of the Secretary
with respect to the administration of laws administered by him through
the Bureau on October 21, 1976.
(Pub. L. 94-579, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2762.)
References in Text
The provision of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946 establishing the Bureau
of Land Management, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 403 of such
Reorg. Plan. Section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, also referred to
in subsec. (b), is set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 94-579,
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as amended, known as the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1950, referred to in subsec. (b),
is set out under section 1451 of this title.
The provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the competitive
service, referred to in subsec. (c), are classified to section 3301 et
seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (c), is set out under
section 5332 of Title 5.
Use of Appropriated Funds for Protection of Lands and Surveys of Federal
Lands in Alaska
Pub. L. 102-381, title I, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1378, provided in
part: ``That appropriations herein [Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993] made, in fiscal year 1993 and
thereafter, may be expended for surveys of Federal lands and on a
reimbursable basis for surveys of Federal lands and for protection of
lands for the State of Alaska''.
