§ 79a. Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation

Statutory text

The purpose of setting aside such an area is to preserve and conserve its natural features, including existing flora and fauna, in as nearly a natural condition as possible, thus providing a place where duly qualified students can make observations and scientific investigations for increase of knowledge, under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Smithsonian Institution.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1940
Pub. L. 76–516 § 2 · 54 Stat. 724
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 79a
July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2, 54 Stat. 724
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2, 54 Stat. 724
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The purpose of setting aside such an area is to preserve and conserve its natural features, including existing flora and fauna, in as nearly a natural condition as possible, thus providing a place where duly qualified students can make observations and scientific investigations for increase of knowledge, under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1382 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

“Smithsonian Institution” substituted in text for “Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area” by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1940–1946 · 2 acts

1940July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2, 54 Stat. 724
19461946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 801, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1101.

Show as published

(July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2, 54 Stat. 724; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 801, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1101.)