Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§373a Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 373a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior supervises the June 17, 1902 Reclamation Act; a Commissioner, appointed by the President with Senate consent, administers it.
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Title 43, §373a
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Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the reclamation of arid lands, under the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, shall be administered by a Commissioner of Reclamation who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of
June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables. Codification Provisions of this section which prescribed the basic compensation of Commissioner were omitted to conform to the provisions of the Executive Schedule. See section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1982—Pub. L. 97–293 inserted requirement that Commissioner of Reclamation be appointed by and with advice and consent of Senate.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Use of Private Sector Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 208, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 146, provided that: “The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to increase the use of the private sector in performing planning, engineering and design work for Bureau of Reclamation projects to 10 percent in fiscal year 2003, and in each subsequent year until the level of work is at least 40 percent for the planning, engineering and design work conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation.” Compensation of CommissionerCompensation of Commissioner, see section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 373a
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 6, 2026
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