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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 31. Director of United States Geological Survey
(a) Establishment of office; appointment and duties; examination of
geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national
domain; prohibitions in respect to lands and surveys
The Director of the United States Geological Survey, which office
is established, under the Interior Department, shall be appointed
by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
This officer shall have the direction of the United States
Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and
examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and
products of the national domain. The Director and members of the
United States Geological Survey shall have no personal or private
interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under
survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private
parties or corporations.
(b) Examination of geological structure, mineral resources, and
products outside national domain
The authority of the Secretary of the Interior, exercised through
the United States Geological Survey of the Department of the
Interior, to examine the geological structure, mineral resources,
and products of the national domain, is expanded to authorize such
examinations outside the national domain where determined by the
Secretary to be in the national interest.
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