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[CITE: 48USC1]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                  CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 1. Omitted


                          Codification

    Section, act July 1, 1902, ch. 1369, Sec. 87, 32 Stat. 712, provided 
that the Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department should be 
known as the Bureau of Insular Affairs and prescribed its business.
    By Ex. Ord. No. 6726, eff. May 29, 1934, the Division of Territories 
and Island Possessions was established in the Department of the 
Interior, and the functions of the Bureau pertaining to the 
administration of the Government of Puerto Rico, together with the 
personnel, equipment and funds, were transferred thereto.
    By Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 4(d), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 
2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees. The Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War 
Department and its functions were transferred to the Department of the 
Interior and consolidated with the Division of Territories and Island 
Possessions, to be administered under the direction and supervision of 
the Secretary of the Interior. The office of the Chief of the Bureau and 
offices subordinate thereto provided for in section 14 of act June 4, 
1920, ch. 227, 41 Stat. 769, were abolished and all their functions 
transferred to, and were to be exercised by, the Director of the 
Division of Territories and Island Possessions.
