Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior
§ 1455. Solicitor; appointment; duties
Statutory text
On and after the legal work of the Department of the Interior shall be performed under the supervision and direction of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 79–494 · 60 Stat. 312
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1455
(June 26, 1946, ch. 494, 60 Stat. 312.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 26, 1946, ch. 494, 60 Stat. 312.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions of this section which prescribed the compensation of the Solicitor were omitted to conform to the provisions of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. See section 5311 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 483a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.
Credits
(June 26, 1946, ch. 494, 60 Stat. 312.)