Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§2 Duties of Commissioner
Title 25 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 2
Summary
The Commissioner manages all Indian affairs under the Secretary's direction and the President's rules.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §2
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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 463 derived from acts
July 9, 1832, ch. 174, § 1, 4 Stat. 564;
July 27, 1868, ch. 259, § 1, 15 Stat. 228.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
All supervisory and appellate powers and duties in regard to Indian affairs theretofore vested in Secretary of the Treasury were thereafter to be exercised and performed by Secretary of the Interior under provisions of section 1 of act
July 27, 1868, ch. 259, 15 Stat. 228. Appointment by President of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to act under direction of Secretary of War was provided for by section 1 of act
July 9, 1832, ch. 174, 4 Stat. 564.
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. § 2
Title 25, Indians
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Aug 21, 2026
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