43 U.S.C. § 373a

Commissioner of Reclamation; appointment

Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the reclamation of arid lands, under the Act of June 17, 1902 , and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, shall be administered by a Commissioner of Reclamation who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

( May 26, 1926, ch. 401 , 44 Stat. 657 ; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 229 , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1274 .)