{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s79a","title_num":"20","num":"§ 79a.","heading":"Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation","status":null,"guid":"idcf930f71-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(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.)","seq_in_title":98,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch3/schIX","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch3","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 3—","heading":"SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch3/schIX","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER IX—","heading":"CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id1777085a-3bf5-11e3-9cf7-d9dfc415792d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s79a\"><num value=\"79a\">§ 79a.</num><heading> Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id1777085b-3bf5-11e3-9cf7-d9dfc415792d\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1940-07-02/ch516/s2\">July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 2</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/54/724\">54 Stat. 724</ref>; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 801, eff. <date date=\"1946-07-16\">July 16, 1946</date>, 11 F.R. 7877, <ref href=\"/us/stat/60/1101\">60 Stat. 1101</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id1777085c-3bf5-11e3-9cf7-d9dfc415792d\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id1777085d-3bf5-11e3-9cf7-d9dfc415792d\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section was formerly classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t48/s1382\">section 1382 of Title 48</ref>, Territories and Insular Possessions.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I85\" topic=\"transferOfFunctions\" id=\"id1777085e-3bf5-11e3-9cf7-d9dfc415792d\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Transfer of Functions</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">“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.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"113-46","currency_date":"2013-10-17","congress":113,"law_num":46,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":5,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","06","20","22","31","42","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}