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+title: "43 U.S.C. § 1452"
+description: "Deputy Secretary of the Interior; appointment"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 43
+title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
+chapter_number: "31"
+chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
+section: "1452"
+citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1452"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 43 U.S.C. § 1452 - Deputy Secretary of the Interior; appointment
+
+## Text
+
+The position of Deputy Secretary is established in the Department of the Interior with appointment thereto by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
+
+(May 9, 1935, ch. 101, § 1, 49 Stat. 177; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 112(a)(2)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1454.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Provisions of this section which prescribed the annual rate of basic compensation of the Deputy Secretary were omitted to conform to the provisions of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. See section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section was formerly classified to section 481a 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.
+
+Amendments1990—Pub. L. 101–509 substituted “Deputy Secretary” for “Under Secretary”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on first day of first pay period beginning on or after Nov. 5, 1990, with continued service by incumbent Under Secretary of the Interior, see section 529 [title I, § 112(e)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 3404 of Title 20, Education.
+
+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.