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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]
James Gaius Watt (January 31, 1938 – May 27, 2023) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983.
On April 10, 2013, the Senate confirmed Jewell to be Secretary of the Interior in an 87–11 vote. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] She was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013. As Secretary of the Interior she oversaw the Interior Department, which has a budget of $11 billion, employs 70,000 people, and acted as steward for twenty percent of ...
Zinke was appointed secretary of the interior by Trump. He was confirmed on March 1, 2017, becoming the first SEAL and the first Montanan since statehood to occupy a Cabinet position. [6] [7] As Secretary, Zinke opened some federal lands for oil, gas and mineral exploration and extraction. [8]
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management) Vacant Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, Management, and Budget) Susan Combs: June 5, 2019 Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science) Timothy R. Petty: January 31, 2018 (Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote) Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Indian ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Manuel Luján Jr., who spent 20 years as a Republican congressman and later as a U.S. Interior Secretary who drew fire from environmentalists for challenging the Endangered ...
In 2021, former Rep. of New Mexico Deb Haaland was confirmed by the Senate to become Biden’s secretary of the Interior. A member of the Pueblo of Laguna, Haaland is the first Native American to ...
Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 47th United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and was a candidate for President of the United States in the 1988 Democratic ...