§ 2a. — Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC2a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 2a. Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers
and duties
Assistant or deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. Appointments to these positions
shall be considered as made under the authority of section 3101 of title
5. Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized
to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other
duties as may be directed by the commissioner of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The Secretary may designate for the Bureau of Indian Affairs an
assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the
duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence,
or sickness of the commissioner.
(June 5, 1942, ch. 336, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 312; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403(d), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 28,
1949, ch. 782, title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)
References in Text
The civil-service laws, referred to in text, are set out in Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section 3301
et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5'' and
``section 3101 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended'' and ``section 169 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended (5 U.S.C., sec. 43)'', respectively, 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 embodies only those provisions of section 1 of act June 5,
1942, which relate to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Provisions of
section 1 of such act relating to the General Land Office were
classified to section 3a of Title 43, Public Lands, and were omitted
from the Code pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946.
Amendments
1949--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repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub.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, Sept. 6, 1966,
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
Repeal of Inconsistent Laws
Section 2 of act June 5, 1942, provided as follows: ``All provisions
of law inconsistent with this Act [this section] are hereby repealed to
the extent of such inconsistency.''
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.
Assistant Commissioners
An assistant commissioner was authorized by a provision of act July
16, 1914, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 490.
