§ 79a. — Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC79a]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
SUBCHAPTER IX--CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA
Sec. 79a. Preservation of natural features for scientific
observation and investigation
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.
(July 2, 1940, ch. 516, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 724; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 801, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1101.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1382 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
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.
