The office of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization is created and established, and the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized and directed to appoint such officer. The Attorney General shall provide him with a suitable, furnished office in the city of Washington, and with such books of record and facilities for the discharge of the duties of his office as may be necessary.
Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 551, § 726 Stat. 1085Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 128 Stat. 78033 Stat. 591Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 337 Stat. 737Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 2339 Stat. 892Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 139 Stat. 1118Mar. 28, 1922, ch. 11742 Stat. 486Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 2442 Stat. 112754 Stat. 1238June 27, 1952, ch. 47766 Stat. 279(, ; , ; , Pub. R. 33, ; , ; , ; , ; , title II, ; , title II, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 14, ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, eff. , 5 F.R. 2223, ; , title IV, § 403(a)(4), .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 342b 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 , , .
Amendments
1952—Act , struck out second and fourth sentences relating to duties of commissioner and appointment of an assistant commissioner.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
section 1551 of this titleFor abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
87 Stat. 1091Pub. L. 93–25388 Stat. 50Functions vested by law in Attorney General, Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of that Department, with respect to inspection at regular inspection locations at ports of entry of persons, and documents of persons, entering or leaving United States, were to have been transferred to Secretary of the Treasury by 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 2, eff. , 38 F.R. 15932, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and employees. The transfer was negated by section 1(a)(1), (b) of , , , which repealed section 2 of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. .
64 Stat. 1261Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5. See sections 509 and 510 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
History of Immigration and Naturalization Agencies
section 901 of Title 554 Stat. 1238section 1551 of this titleEx. Ord. No. 6166, § 14, , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees, consolidated the two formerly separate bureaus known as the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Naturalization to form the Immigration and Naturalization Service under a Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, which was subsequently transferred from the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, eff. , 5 F.R. 2223, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5. See note set out under .