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.
Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 36023 Stat. 497Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 139 Stat. 1102Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 7258 Stat. 107(R.S. § 438; , ; , ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Act , provided that the Assistant Secretaries shall be without numerical distinction of rank.
Mar. 14, 1862, ch. 41, § 612 Stat. 369Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, § 117 Stat. 486R.S. § 438 derived from acts , ; , .
section 482 of Title 5Pub. L. 89–554, § 180 Stat. 378Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 95–452section 422(a)(1)(H) of Title 5Functions, 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 the Inspector General Act of 1978, , formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titleFor 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, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out under .
Administrative Assistant Secretary
64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titlePub. L. 92–22, § 385 Stat. 76An 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out as a note under , prior to repeal of section 4 by , , .
Additional Assistant Secretary
64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titleAn 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, § 3, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in note under .
Temporary Additional Assistant Secretary
act Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 7258 Stat. 107section 1 of Title 50The office of a temporary additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, which was provided for by , , 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 , in Proc. No. 2714, 12 F.R. 1, set out as a note preceding , War and National Defense.