Title 43, Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior

Establishment

Deputy Secretary of the Interior; appointment

Assistant Secretaries of the Interior

Additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior; appointment; duties; compensation

Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary

Solicitor; appointment; duties

Chief clerk

Repealed. Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 306(b), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1322

Duties of Secretary

Authorization of appropriations for particular programs

Use of cooperative agreements

Power of Secretary or designated officer

Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories

Expenditures of department

Copies of records, documents, etc.; charges; disposition of receipts

Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying

Attestation of copies by official seal

Disposition of receipts

Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department

Annual reports of department and its bureaus

Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect

Working capital fund; establishment; uses; reimbursement

Working capital fund; credit card refunds or rebates

Working capital fund; availability for uniforms or allowances therefor

Employment and compensation of personnel to perform work occasioned by emergencies

Appropriations; availability for certain administrative expenses

Appropriations; availability for payment of property damages

Availability of appropriations for emergency repair or replacement of damaged or destroyed facilities and equipment

Availability of appropriations for suppression and emergency prevention of forest and range fires

Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities

Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities

Availability of appropriations for transportation, reprint, telephone, and library membership expenses

Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees

Availability of appropriations for incremental funding of research work orders for cooperative agreements

Availability of appropriations to support Memorial Day and Fourth of July ceremonies and activities in National Capital Region

Availability of appropriations for uniforms or allowances

Availability of appropriations for services or rentals

Bureau of Reclamation working capital fund

Acceptance of contributions from private and public sources by Mineral Management Service

Acceptance of contributions by Secretary; cooperation with prosecution of projects

Awards for contributions to Department of the Interior programs

Payment of costs incidental to services contributed by volunteers

Insurance costs covering vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by Department of the Interior in Canada and Mexico

Acceptance of donations and bequests for Natural Resources Library

Availability of receipts from administrative fees for program operations in Mining Law Administration

Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund; amounts considered “emergency requirements”

Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund; availability of assessments

Transfer of funds from Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund

North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; availability of fines or forfeitures

Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund

Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds

Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management from vendors under enterprise information technology-procurements

Department of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses Fund

Bureau of Reclamation acceptance of services of volunteers

Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings

Volunteer authority

Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior

Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims

Snow water supply forecasting

Appraisal and valuation services for real property