43 USC § 373a - Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment

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title: "43 USC § 373a - Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "373a"
section_name: "Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 229, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1274.)"
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# § 373a. Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment

June 17, 1902

Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the reclamation of arid lands, under the Act of , and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, shall be administered by a Commissioner of Reclamation who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 229, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1274.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Provisions of this section which prescribed the basic compensation of Commissioner were omitted to conform to the provisions of the Executive Schedule. See , Government Organization and Employees.

### Amendments

1982— inserted requirement that Commissioner of Reclamation be appointed by and with advice and consent of Senate.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Use of Private Sector

> “The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to increase the use of the private sector in performing planning, engineering and design work for Bureau of Reclamation projects to 10 percent in fiscal year 2003, and in each subsequent year until the level of work is at least 40 percent for the planning, engineering and design work conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation.”

, , , provided that:

### Compensation of Commissioner

Compensation of Commissioner, see , Government Organization and Employees.

## 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 under .