Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

43 U.S.C. § 316n

Administration

(a)
1
1 See References in Text note below.
1 The Secretary shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to the administration of this subchapter, shall execute its provisions, and may (1) in accordance with the civil service laws appoint such employees and in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 fix their compensation, and (2) make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal service and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, books of reference, periodicals, and for printing and binding) as may be necessary efficiently to execute the provisions of this subchapter.
(b)
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to continue investigations, experiments and demonstrations for the welfare, improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry in Alaska, and upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate in matters pertaining to the care of plant and animal life, including reindeer.

Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 1544 Stat. 1455Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 78263 Stat. 972(, ; , title XI, § 1106(a), .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title” and has been translated as if the reference was to “this Act” to reflect the probable intent of Congress inasmuch as the act of , was not divided into titles.

Codification

Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b)80 Stat. 631In subsec. (a), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification act of 1949, as amended” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

section 471n of Title 48Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.

Amendments

1949—Subsec. (a). Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeals

Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782Pub. L. 89–554, § 880 Stat. 632, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , , 655.

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 .