---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1453a"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1453a"
heading: "Additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior; appointment; duties; compensation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1453a"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior"
---

# §1453a. Additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior; appointment; duties; compensation


There shall be hereafter in the Department of the Interior, in addition to the Assistant [Secretaries](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) now provided by law, an additional Assistant [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be responsible for such duties as the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior shall prescribe, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Assistant [Secretaries](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–22, § 1, June 1, 1971, 85 Stat. 75.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Senate Confirmation of Presidential Appointment of Additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior as Repealing Provisions for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Administration

Pub. L. 92–22, § 3, June 1, 1971, 85 Stat. 76, provided that: “Section 4 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1950, as amended (64 Stat. 1262) [set out under section 1451 of this title], and item (25) of section 5316, title 5, United States Code, are repealed, effective upon the confirmation by the United States Senate of a Presidential appointee to fill the position created by this Act [enacting this section and section 5315(18) of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees].”