United States Department of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior of the United States (official United States Department of the Interior ) in the United States of America an agency of the federal government with cabinet rank, which deals with the management and protection of all federally owned land. Thus, it stands in stark contrast to interior ministries in many other countries, which are often responsible for internal security. These functions are in the United States Department of Justice (eg Federal Police ) and the Department of Homeland Security (such as border protection ) running - similar to that of Switzerland, where the police agendas not to the Department of the Interior, but the Department of Justice and police are located.
The Home Office is headed by the Minister of the Interior ( Secretary of the Interior ). Usually a politician from the western United States is appointed interior minister, as a large part of the federally managed areas located to the west of the country. Only one of the Minister of Interior since 1949 came from east of the Mississippi.
List of Interior Minister
Imputed authorities
- National Park Service
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (until 18 June 2010: Minerals Management Service )
- Office of Surface Mining
- United States Geological Survey
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Office of Insular Affairs