§ 1. — Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
(R.S. Sec. 462.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 462 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, Sec. 1, 4
Stat. 564.
Provisions of this section relating to compensation of the
Commissioner were omitted as obsolete. The position is in level V of the
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
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 in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
