50 CFR § 38.3 - Executive authority; duration.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s38.3"
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title: "50 CFR § 38.3 - Executive authority; duration."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "38.3"
section_name: "Executive authority; duration."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "38"
part_name: "MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k  664, 668dd, 742(f), 3901  48 U.S.C. 644a; sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat 424; E.O. 13022, 61 FR 56875, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 224."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 11626, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 38.3 Executive authority; duration.

The executive authority of the Secretary of the Interior over the Midway Islands will be exercised by the Service Regional Director. The executive authority of the Service Regional Director may be redelegated to the Refuge Manager, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.