USA:s inrikesdepartement

USA:s inrikesdepartement
Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.svg
Officiella sigillet med en bisonoxe
UnderordnadUSA:s federala statsmakt
SäteMain Interior Building
Washington, D.C.
Inrättad3 mars 1849
InrikesministerDeb Haaland (tillträdde mars 2020)
Antal anställda70 003 (2012)
Webbplatswww.doi.gov

USA:s inrikesdepartement (engelska: United States Department of the Interior; förkortat: DOI) är ett federalt departement i USA en del av USA:s federala statsmakt.[1] Det har funnits sedan 1849 då president James K. Polk undertecknade ett lagförslag som flyttade myndigheter och funktioner rörarande indian- och markfrågor till ett separat departement.[1]

USA:s inrikesminister är dess chef och utses av presidenten med senatens godkännande ("råd och samtycke").[1]

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Main Interior Building i Washington, DC.

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Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.svg

Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.

The seal consists of a male bison with the head and body in a left position, standing on a prairie, with mountains and a rising sun in the background, enclosed within two concentric circles, having the words "U.S. Department of the Interior" and the date "March 3, 1849" (when Congress created the department) inscribed in the top and bottom arcs within these circles. See here for more information.

The bison seal dates from 1917, when it was used as the emblem on the initial department flag and thereafter replaced the old version of the seal, which used a federal eagle. The eagle was reinstated for a few years in the 1920s, and a different seal was used from 1968-69, but on both occasions the bison seal was reinstated. For more information see this chapter in The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History.