---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3191"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3191"
heading: "Assistant Secretary for Economic Development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3191"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter V — Administration"
---

# §3191. Assistant Secretary for Economic Development

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall carry out this chapter through an Assistant [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) of Commerce for Economic Development, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
- (b) **Compensation—** The Assistant [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) of Commerce for Economic Development shall be compensated at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under [section 5315 of title 5](/usc/5/5315.md).
- (c) **Duties—** The Assistant [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) of Commerce for Economic Development shall carry out such duties as the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall require and shall serve as the [administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Economic Development Administration of the [Department](/usc/42/3122.md?p=4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3610.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3191, Pub. L. 89–136, title V, § 512, as added Pub. L. 91–123, title II, § 206, Nov. 25, 1969, 83 Stat. 218; amended Pub. L. 92–65, title I, § 110, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 167, related to Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1821(a)(8), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 766, effective Sept. 30, 1981.

A prior section 501 of Pub. L. 89–136 was classified to section 3181 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, § 1821(a)(8).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.