§ 316n. — Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC316n]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALASKA
Sec. 316n. Administration
(a) The Secretary shall promulgate all rules and regulations
necessary to the administration of this subchapter,\1\ shall execute its
provisions, and may (1) in accordance with the civil service laws
appoint such employees and in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter
III of chapter 53 of title 5 fix their compensation, and (2) make such
expenditures (including expenditures for personal service and rent at
the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, books of reference,
periodicals, and for printing and binding) as may be necessary
efficiently to execute the provisions of this subchapter.\1\
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to continue
investigations, experiments and demonstrations for the welfare,
improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry in Alaska, and upon
the request of the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate in matters
pertaining to the care of plant and animal life, including reindeer.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, Sec. 15, 44 Stat. 1455; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,
title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original
``this title'' and has been translated as if the reference was to ``this
Act'' to reflect the probable intent of Congress inasmuch as the act of
Mar. 4, 1927, was not divided into titles.
The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set out in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
In subsec. (a), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5'' substituted for ``the Classification act of 1949, as amended''
on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631,
the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 471n of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Amendments
1949--Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification
Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8, Sept.
6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
Transfer of Functions
For 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,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
