43 USC § 1456 - Chief clerk

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title: "43 USC § 1456 - Chief clerk"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1456"
section_name: "Chief clerk"
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: "(July 3, 1926, ch. 771, § 1, 44 Stat. 854.)"
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# 1 Chief clerk

See References in Text note below.

July 3, 1926[^1]

The chief clerk of the Department of the Interior on and after , shall be the chief executive officer of the department and may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers and documents, including the authorization of expenditures from the contingent and other appropriations for the department, its bureaus and offices, section 3683  of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1926, ch. 771, § 1, 44 Stat. 854.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 3683 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was classified to section 675 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and repealed by , .

### Codification

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

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:

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## 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 .

### Division of Administrative Services

Interior Department Order No. 2546, dated  and amended , set up the Office of Administrative Management with an executive officer in charge, and the Chief Clerk of the Department was placed in charge of a Division of Administrative Services under that office. A further amendment to Department Order No. 2546, dated , placed the Division of Administrative Services, with the Chief Clerk in charge, under the Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department.