43 USC § 1454 - Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary

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title: "43 USC § 1454 - Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1454"
section_name: "Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 439; Mar. 28, 1918, ch. 29, 40 Stat. 499.)"
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# § 1454. Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary

The Assistant Secretary of the Interior shall perform such duties in the Department of the Interior as shall be prescribed by the Secretary, or may be required by law. The assistant to the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sign such official papers and documents as the Secretary may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 439; Mar. 28, 1918, ch. 29, 40 Stat. 499.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 439 derived from , .

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

## 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 .