§ 373. General authority of Secretary of the Interior

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.

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.

1902
Pub. L. 57–1093 § 10 · 32 Stat. 388
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 373
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 10, 32 Stat. 390
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 10, 32 Stat. 390
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, refers both to act June 17, 1902, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, and to act Aug. 13, 1914. See Codification note set out below. For classification of act June 17, 1902 to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables. Act Aug. 13, 1914, is classified to sections 373, 414, 418, 435 to 437, 440, 443, 464, 465, 469, 471, 472, 475, 477 to 481, 492, 493, 494 to 497, and 499 of this title.

Codification

Act Aug. 13, 1914, cited as a credit to this section, did not amend act July 17, 1902, but contained identical provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.

Credits

1902–1914 · 2 acts

1902June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 10, 32 Stat. 390
1914Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 15, 38 Stat. 690.

Show as published

(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 10, 32 Stat. 390; Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 15, 38 Stat. 690.)