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[CITE: 48USC794]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--THE EXECUTIVE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
 
Sec. 794. Official reports

    All reports required by law to be made by the governor or heads of 
departments to any official of the United States shall be made to an 
executive department of the Government of the United States to be 
designated by the President, and the President is authorized to place 
all matters pertaining to the government of Puerto Rico in the 
jurisdiction of such department.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, Sec. 11, 39 Stat. 955; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 
Stat. 158.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
July 15, 1909, ch. 4, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 11.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.

  Ex. Ord. No. 9383. Coordination of Functions and Policies of Federal 
          Civil Agencies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

    Ex. Ord. No. 9383, eff. Oct. 5, 1943, 8 F.R. 13781, provided:
    1. Each Federal civil agency performing services in Puerto Rico or 
in the Virgin Islands shall make current reports to the Secretary of the 
Interior concerning the work of such agency in such manner and form and 
at such times as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. The Secretary of the Interior shall make such recommendations to 
the heads of Federal civil agencies so reporting as may in his judgment 
serve to correlate the work of such agencies in Puerto Rico and in the 
Virgin Islands, eliminate unessential Federal activities, assist insular 
agencies to assume increasing responsibility in civil administration, 
meet more efficiently the needs of the people of Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands for essential Federal services, and implement the 
policies of the United States with respect to its island possessions.
    3. The Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time report to 
the President and to the Congress concerning the actions taken pursuant 
to this order.
    4. This order shall not be applicable to United States District 
Judges, United States Attorneys, and United States Marshals.
                                                  Franklin D. Roosevelt.
