--- kind: "unit" title: "43" title_heading: "Public Lands" key: "ch31" level: "chapter" label: "Chapter 31" heading: "Department of the Interior" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch31" sections_count: 60 --- # Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior Title 43 — Public Lands ## Sections - [§1451. Establishment](/usc/43/1451.md) - [§1452. Deputy Secretary of the Interior; appointment](/usc/43/1452.md) - [§1453. Assistant Secretaries of the Interior](/usc/43/1453.md) - [§1453a. Additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior; appointment; duties; compensation](/usc/43/1453a.md) - [§1454. Duties of Assistant Secretary and assistant to Secretary](/usc/43/1454.md) - [§1455. Solicitor; appointment; duties](/usc/43/1455.md) - [§1456. Chief clerk](/usc/43/1456.md) - [§1456a. Repealed.](/usc/43/1456a.md) - [§1457. Duties of Secretary](/usc/43/1457.md) - [§1457a. Authorization of appropriations for particular programs](/usc/43/1457a.md) - [§1457b. Use of cooperative agreements](/usc/43/1457b.md) - [§1457c. Power of Secretary or designated officer](/usc/43/1457c.md) - [§1458. Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories](/usc/43/1458.md) - [§1459. Expenditures of department](/usc/43/1459.md) - [§1460. Copies of records, documents, etc.; charges; disposition of receipts](/usc/43/1460.md) - [§1461. Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying](/usc/43/1461.md) - [§1462. Attestation of copies by official seal](/usc/43/1462.md) - [§1463. Disposition of receipts](/usc/43/1463.md) - [§1464. Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department](/usc/43/1464.md) - [§1465. Annual reports of department and its bureaus](/usc/43/1465.md) - [§1466. Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect](/usc/43/1466.md) - [§1467. Working capital fund; establishment; uses; reimbursement](/usc/43/1467.md) - [§1467a. Working capital fund; credit card refunds or rebates](/usc/43/1467a.md) - [§1468. Working capital fund; availability for uniforms or allowances therefor](/usc/43/1468.md) - [§1469. Employment and compensation of personnel to perform work occasioned by emergencies](/usc/43/1469.md) - [§1470. Appropriations; availability for certain administrative expenses](/usc/43/1470.md) - [§1471. Appropriations; availability for payment of property damages](/usc/43/1471.md) - [§1471a. Availability of appropriations for emergency repair or replacement of damaged or destroyed facilities and equipment](/usc/43/1471a.md) - [§1471b. Availability of appropriations for suppression and emergency prevention of forest and range fires](/usc/43/1471b.md) - [§1471c. Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities](/usc/43/1471c.md) - [§1471c–1. Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities](/usc/43/1471c-1.md) - [§1471d. Availability of appropriations for transportation, reprint, telephone, and library membership expenses](/usc/43/1471d.md) - [§1471e. Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees](/usc/43/1471e.md) - [§1471f. Availability of appropriations for incremental funding of research work orders for cooperative agreements](/usc/43/1471f.md) - [§1471g. Availability of appropriations to support Memorial Day and Fourth of July ceremonies and activities in National Capital Region](/usc/43/1471g.md) - [§1471h. Availability of appropriations for uniforms or allowances](/usc/43/1471h.md) - [§1471i. Availability of appropriations for services or rentals](/usc/43/1471i.md) - [§1472. Bureau of Reclamation working capital fund](/usc/43/1472.md) - [§1473. Acceptance of contributions from private and public sources by Mineral Management Service](/usc/43/1473.md) - [§1473a. Acceptance of contributions by Secretary; cooperation with prosecution of projects](/usc/43/1473a.md) - [§1473b. Awards for contributions to Department of the Interior programs](/usc/43/1473b.md) - [§1473c. Payment of costs incidental to services contributed by volunteers](/usc/43/1473c.md) - [§1473d. Insurance costs covering vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by Department of the Interior in Canada and Mexico](/usc/43/1473d.md) - [§1473e. Acceptance of donations and bequests for Natural Resources Library](/usc/43/1473e.md) - [§1474. Availability of receipts from administrative fees for program operations in Mining Law Administration](/usc/43/1474.md) - [§1474a. Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund; amounts considered “emergency requirements”](/usc/43/1474a.md) - [§1474b. Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund; availability of assessments](/usc/43/1474b.md) - [§1474b–1. Transfer of funds from Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund](/usc/43/1474b-1.md) - [§1474c. North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; availability of fines or forfeitures](/usc/43/1474c.md) - [§1474d. Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund](/usc/43/1474d.md) - [§1474e. Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds](/usc/43/1474e.md) - [§1474f. Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management from vendors under enterprise information technology-procurements](/usc/43/1474f.md) - [§1474g. Department of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses Fund](/usc/43/1474g.md) - [§1475. Bureau of Reclamation acceptance of services of volunteers](/usc/43/1475.md) - [§1475a. Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings](/usc/43/1475a.md) - [§1475b. Volunteer authority](/usc/43/1475b.md) - [§1476. Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior](/usc/43/1476.md) - [§1476a. Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims](/usc/43/1476a.md) - [§1477. Snow water supply forecasting](/usc/43/1477.md) - [§1478. Appraisal and valuation services for real property](/usc/43/1478.md)