US Code

Public Law 119-87 (04/30/2026)

43 U.S.C. § 1456

Chief clerk

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1 See References in Text note below.
The chief clerk of the Department of the Interior on and after , shall be the chief executive officer of the department and may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers and documents, including the authorization of expenditures from the contingent and other appropriations for the department, its bureaus and offices, section 3683  of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.

July 3, 1926, ch. 771, § 1 44 Stat. 854 (, .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(76) 64 Stat. 843 Section 3683 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was classified to section 675 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and repealed by , .

Codification

section 484 of Title 5Pub. L. 89–554, § 180 Stat. 378 Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:

May 24, 1922, ch. 199 42 Stat. 552 , .

Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42 42 Stat. 1174 , .

June 5, 1924, ch. 264 43 Stat. 391 , .

Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462 43 Stat. 1142 , .

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1262 section 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 .

Division of Administrative Services

Interior Department Order No. 2546, dated and amended , set up the Office of Administrative Management with an executive officer in charge, and the Chief Clerk of the Department was placed in charge of a Division of Administrative Services under that office. A further amendment to Department Order No. 2546, dated , placed the Division of Administrative Services, with the Chief Clerk in charge, under the Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department.