United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 43. PUBLIC LANDS |
Chapter 12. RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
SubChapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 373a. Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment
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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.
References In Text
Act of
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.
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.
Miscellaneous
Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 208,
Compensation of Commissioner, see section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.