§ 49. — Extension of cooperative work to Puerto Rico.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC49]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 2--UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 49. Extension of cooperative work to Puerto Rico
The provisions of law authorizing the making of topographic and
geological surveys and conducting investigations relating to mineral and
water resources by the United States Geological Survey in various
portions of the United States be, and the same are, extended to
authorize such surveys and investigations in Puerto Rico.
(June 17, 1935, ch. 268, 49 Stat. 386.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
