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[CITE: 43USC36a]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
               CHAPTER 2--UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
 
Sec. 36a. Acquisition of scientific or technical books, maps, 
        etc., for library
        
    The Director of the United States Geological Survey, under the 
general supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to 
acquire for the United States, by gift or devise, scientific or 
technical books, manuscripts, maps, and related materials, and to 
deposit the same in the library of the United States Geological Survey 
for reference and use as authorized by law.

(May 14, 1940, ch. 190, 54 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 102-154, title I, Nov. 13, 
1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)

                         Change of Name

    ``United States Geological Survey'' substituted in text for 
``Geological Survey'' pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102-
154, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.

                          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.
