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§1456 Chief clerk

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › § 1456

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting July 3, 1926, the chief clerk of the Department of the Interior is the department’s chief executive officer. The Secretary can allow that chief clerk to sign official papers and approve spending from contingent and other appropriations for the department and its bureaus and offices, even if section 3683 of the Revised Statutes says otherwise.

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Title 43, §1456

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The chief clerk of the Department of the Interior on and after July 3, 1926, 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 11 See References in Text note below. of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was classified to section 675 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and repealed by act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(76), 64 Stat. 843. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 484 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.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:
May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 552. Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1174.
June 5, 1924, ch. 264, 43 Stat. 391. Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1142.

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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. Division of Administrative ServicesInterior Department Order No. 2546, dated Dec. 7, 1949 and amended Jan. 20, 1950, 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 Aug. 15, 1950, placed the Division of Administrative Services, with the Chief Clerk in charge, under the Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1456

Title 43Public Lands

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Apr 6, 2026

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