43 USC § 1453 - Assistant Secretaries of the Interior

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title: "43 USC § 1453 - Assistant Secretaries of the Interior"
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section_number: "1453"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 438; Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 497; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 1, 39 Stat. 1102; Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107.)"
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# § 1453. Assistant Secretaries of the Interior

There shall be in the Department of the Interior two Assistant Secretaries of the Interior who shall be without numerical distinction of rank and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 438; Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 497; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 1, 39 Stat. 1102; Feb. 29, 1944, ch. 72, 58 Stat. 107.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Act , provided that the Assistant Secretaries shall be without numerical distinction of rank.

R.S. § 438 derived from acts , ; , .

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Functions, powers, and duties of Office of Audit and Investigation in Department of the Interior transferred to Office of Inspector General in Department of the Interior, as established by section 9(a)(1)(F) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, , formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See .

## 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 .

### Administrative Assistant Secretary

An Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of the Interior under the classified civil service, to perform such duties as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and to receive compensation at the rate of $14,800 per annum, was provided for by section 4 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out as a note under , prior to repeal of section 4 by , , .

### Additional Assistant Secretary

An additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, and to receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of executive departments, was provided for by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, § 3, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in note under .

### Temporary Additional Assistant Secretary

The office of a temporary additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, which was provided for by , , ceased to exist by the terms of such act at the expiration of six months following the cessation of hostilities in World War II, which was proclaimed by the President at 12 o’clock noon of , in Proc. No. 2714, 12 F.R. 1, set out as a note preceding , War and National Defense.