Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§1 Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Title 25 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 1
Summary
The Department of the Interior must have a Commissioner; the President appoints them and the Senate confirms.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §1
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There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 462 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, § 1, 4 Stat. 564. Provisions of this section relating to compensation of the Commissioner were omitted as obsolete. The position is in level V of the Executive Schedule under 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 in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 1
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102