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[CITE: 43USC1454]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                 CHAPTER 31--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
Sec. 1454. Duties of Assistant Secretary and Assistant to 
        Secretary
        
    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.

(R.S. Sec. 439; Mar. 28, 1918, ch. 29, 40 Stat. 499.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 439 derived from act Mar. 14, 1862, ch. 41, Sec. 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, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

                          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, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out 
under section 1451 of this title.
