Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§1454 Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › § 1454
Summary
The Assistant Secretary of the Interior must do the tasks the Secretary assigns or that the law says are required. The Secretary’s assistant can sign official papers and documents when the Secretary tells them to.
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Title 43, §1454
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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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Codification R.S. § 439 derived from act Mar. 14, 1862, ch. 41, § 6, 12 Stat. 369. Section was formerly classified to section 483 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 1454
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 6, 2026
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