25 USC § 2a - Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties

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title: "25 USC § 2a - Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "2a"
section_name: "Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 5, 1942, ch. 336, § 1, 56 Stat. 312; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403(d), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)"
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# § 2a. Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties

section 3101 of title 5

Assistant or deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. Appointments to these positions shall be considered as made under the authority of . Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Secretary may designate for the Bureau of Indian Affairs an assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner.

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**Source Credit**: (June 5, 1942, ch. 336, § 1, 56 Stat. 312; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403(d), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” and “” substituted in text for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” and “section 169 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C., sec. 43)”, respectively, on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Section embodies only those provisions of section 1 of act , which relate to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Provisions of section 1 of such act relating to the General Land Office were classified to , Public Lands, and were omitted from the Code pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946.

### Amendments

1949—Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeals

, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , § 8, , 655.

### Repeal of Inconsistent Laws

> “All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act [this section] are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.”

, , provided that:

### Assistant Commissioners

An assistant commissioner was authorized by a provision of , .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For 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 in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.