---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1461"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1461"
heading: "Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1461"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior"
---

# §1461. Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying


Nothing in sections [1460](/usc/43/1460.md) to [1463](/usc/43/1463.md) of this title shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior.


## Source credit

(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2, 37 Stat. 498.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 489 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

### 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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.