43 U.S.C. § 1457: Duties of Secretary

The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to the following subjects and agencies: 1. Alaska Railroad. 2. Alaska Road Commission. 3. Bounty-lands. 4. Bureau of Land Management. 5. United States Bureau of Mines. 6. Bureau of Reclamation. 7. Division of Territories and Island Possessions. 8. Fish and Wildlife Service. 9. United States Geological Survey. 10. Indians. 11. National Park Service. 12. Petroleum conservation. 13. Public lands, including mines. The Secretary of the Interior shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, establish a pilot program to proactively inform veterans of available employment positions that relate to the conservation and resource management activities of the Department of the Interior. identify vacant positions in the Department of the Interior that are appropriate to fill using the pilot program; and to the maximum extent practicable, provide assistance to veterans in selecting one or more vacant positions to apply to, for which that veteran may be best qualified. Not later than one year after the date on which the pilot program under paragraph (1) commences, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly provide to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of the pilot program. The number of veterans who applied to participate in the pilot program. The number of such veterans employed under the pilot program. The number of veterans identified in clause (ii) who transitioned to full-time positions with the Federal Government after participating in the pilot program. Any other information the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Labor determine appropriate with respect to measuring the effectiveness of the pilot program. The authority to carry out the pilot program under this subsection shall terminate on the date that is two years after the date on which the pilot program commences. the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.” The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to compile maps of Antarctica from materials already available and from such additional material as may result from the several expeditions in support of the International Geophysical Year. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the absorption or modification of, or change in any way, the responsibility of any other department or agency of the United States, including the performance of surveys, mapping, and compilation of maps. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.”