§ 1453. — Assistant Secretaries of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1453]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 31--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sec. 1453. Assistant Secretaries of the Interior
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. Sec. 438; Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 497; Mar. 3, 1917, ch.
163, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 1102; Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107.)
Codification
Act Feb. 29, 1944, provided that the Assistant Secretaries shall be
without numerical distinction of rank.
R.S. Sec. 438 derived from acts Mar. 14, 1862, ch. 41, Sec. 6, 12
Stat. 369; Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, Sec. 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, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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.
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 Secretary
An 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, Sec. 3, June 1, 1971, 85 Stat.
76.
Additional Assistant Secretary
An 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, Sec. 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 Secretary
The 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 under section 601 of the
Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense.
