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Associate Solicitor (General Law). Associate Solicitor (Conservation and Wildlife)__ Associate Solicitor (Energy and Resources) Deputy Commissioner___ Director, Office of Administration__ Director, Office of Indian Education Programs__ Director, Office of Tribal Resources Development_. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks__. Deputy Assistant Secretary- Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation____ Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.. Deputy Assistant Secretary-Energy -- CECIL D. ANDRUS. JOSEPH J. NAGEL. D. CHRIS CARLSON. GARY R. CATRON. (VACANCY). EDWARD E. SHELTON. (VACANCY). RUTH VAN CLEVE. LEO M. KRULITZ. Acting. TIMOTHY S. ELLIOTT, Acting. (VACANCY). (VACANCY). (VACANCY). (VACANCY). (VACANCY). RAY BUTLER, Acting. WILLIAM G. Demmert, Jr. (VACANCY). RALPH KEEN, Acting. E. U. CURTIS BOHLEN. LYNN A. GREENWALT. R. KEITH HIGGINSON. JOAN DAVENPORT. (VACANCY). Assistant Secretary-Energy and Minerals-Continued (VACANCY). Deputy Assistant Secretary-Power Resources and Regulations (VACANCY). VINCENT E. MCKELVEY. Director, Bureau of Mines__ Director, Geological Survey‒‒‒ Director, Office of Minerals Policy and Research Analy- Administrator, Alaska Power Administration____ Administrator, Ocean Mining Administration____ Director, Office of ADP and Telecommunications Director, Office of Aircraft Services_. Director, Office of Audit and Investigation__ Director, Office of Administrative and Management Director, Office of Budget‒‒‒‒ Director, Office of Environmental Project Review___ Director, Office of Manpower Training and Youth Director, Office of Outer Continental Shelf Program Director, Office of Personnel Management_. Director, Office of Policy Analysis____. Assistant Secretary-Congressional and Legislative Af fairs HERMANN ENZER. ROBERT E. Barrett. (VACANCY). RICHARD R. HITE. HEATHER Ross, Acting. (VACANCY). HARRIS REiche. JAMES W. THURSTON. JAMES F. KELLY. MARY A. HUFFER. GOVERNOR H. AKER. ALAN D. POWERS. (VACANCY). As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoy ment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interests of all our people. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in Island Territories under United States administration. The jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior includes the administration of over 500 million acres of Federal land, and trust responsibilities for approximately 50 million acres of land, mostly Indian reservations; the conservation and development of mineral and water resources; the promotion of mine safety and efficiency; the conservation, development, and utilization of fish and wildlife resources; the coordination of Federal and State recreation programs; the preservation and administration of the Nation's scenic and historic areas; the operation of Job Corps Conservation Centers and Youth Conservation Corps Camps, and coordination of other manpower and youth training programs; the reclamation of arid lands in the West through irrigation; and the management of hydroelectric power systems. The Department of the Interior is also concerned with the social and economic development of the territories of the United States and in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and administers programs Office of the Secretary SECRETARY The Secretary of the Interior, as the head of an executive department, reports directly to the President and is responsible for the direction and supervision of all activities of the Department. The Secretary also has certain powers or supervisory responsibilities relating to Territorial governments. UNDER SECRETARY The Under Secretary assists the Secretary in the discharge of secretarial duties and serves as Acting Secretary in the absence of the Secretary. With the exception of certain matters reserved by the Secretary, the Under Secretary has the full authority of the Secretary. providing services to Indians and Alaska Native people. The Department of the Interior was created by act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat. 395; 43 U.S.C. 1451), which transferred to it the General Land Office, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Pension Office, and the Patent Office. The Department also had responsibility for supervision of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, the Board of Inspectors and the Warden of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia, the census of the United States, and the accounts of marshals and other officers of the United States courts, and of lead and other mines in the United States. Over the 128 years of its existence, other functions have been added and removed, so that its role has changed from that of general housekeeper for the Federal Government to that of custodian of the Nation's natural resources. The Department of the Interior is composed of the Office of the Secretary, other departmental offices, and bureaus described below. FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS The Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks discharges the duties of the Secretary with the authority and direct responsibility for programs associated with the development, conservation, and utilization of fish, wildlife, recreation, historical, and national park system resources of the Nation. The Assistant Secretary represents the Department in the coordination of marine environmental quality and biological resources programs with other Federal agencies. The Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks exercises Secretarial direction and supervision over the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. |