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Latest revision as of 02:02, 11 February 2025

United States Secretary of the Interior
File:Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.svg
Seal of the Department of the Interior
File:Flag of the United States Secretary of the Interior.svg
Flag of the secretary
United States Department of the Interior
StyleMadam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatWashington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument43 U.S.C. § 1451
FormationMarch 3, 1849; 176 years ago (1849-03-03)
First holderThomas Ewing
SuccessionEighth[1]
DeputyUnited States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
Websitedoi.gov

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States. The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the interior minister designated in many other countries.

As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States,[2] the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton, was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River.

Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[3] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024.[4]

Following Senate confirmation in March 2021, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American to hold the position.[5]

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of interior is as follows:[6]

  1. Deputy Secretary of the Interior
  2. Solicitor of the Interior
  3. Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
  4. Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
  5. Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
  6. Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  7. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
  8. Director, Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation
  9. Central Region Director, US Geological Survey
  10. Intermountain Regional Director, National Park Service
  11. Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie Region) Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  12. Colorado State Director, Bureau of Land Management
  13. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region

List of secretaries of the interior

References

  1. ↑ "3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19. 
  2. ↑ Lowery, Courtney (December 17, 2008). "Salazar, Vilsack: The West's New Land Lords". https://www.newwest.net/topic/article/the_wests_new_land_lords/C41/L41/. 
  3. ↑ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
  4. ↑ "Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule". Office of Personnel Management. 2024-01-01. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/EX.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Rott, Nathan (March 15, 2021). "Deb Haaland Confirmed As 1st Native American Interior Secretary". https://www.npr.org/2021/03/15/977558590/deb-haaland-confirmed-as-first-native-american-interior-secretary. 
  6. ↑ "Chapter 3: Secretarial Succession". September 3, 2004. https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/Chapter%20%203_%20SECRETARIAL%20SUCCESSION%20%282%29.doc. 
  7. ↑ "About Secretary Jewell". http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretaryjewell.cfm. 

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