Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 373a. Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment
Statutory text
Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the reclamation of arid lands, under the Act of , 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.
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. 69–401 · 44 Stat. 657
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 373a
May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657Pub. L. 97–293 title II § 229 · 96 Stat. 1261
Inserted · 43 U.S.C. § 373a
Pub. L. 97–293 inserted requirement that Commissioner of Reclamation be appointed by and with advice and consent of Senate
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–293 inserted requirement that Commissioner of Reclamation be appointed by and with advice and consent of Senate.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 229. commissioner of reclamation The Act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 657), is amended by adding the words “by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” after the word “President”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Use of Private Sector
Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 208, , 117 Stat. 146, provided that: “The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to increase the use of the private sector in performing planning, engineering and design work for Bureau of Reclamation projects to 10 percent in fiscal year 2003, and in each subsequent year until the level of work is at least 40 percent for the planning, engineering and design work conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation.”
Compensation of Commissioner
Compensation of Commissioner, see section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Credits
1926–1982 · 2 acts
- 1926May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657
- 1982Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 229, , 96 Stat. 1274.
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(May 26, 1926, ch. 401, 44 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 229, , 96 Stat. 1274.)