Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§44 Sale of transfers or copies of data
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY › § 44
Summary
USGS Director must provide copies or transfers of map and engraving data to anyone who pays full cost upfront plus 10% and does not interfere with regular map work; proceeds go to the U.S. Treasury.
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Title 43, §44
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The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall, if the regular map work of the Survey is in no wise interfered with thereby, furnish to any person, concern, institution, State or foreign government, that shall pay in advance the whole cost thereof with 10 per centum added, transfers or copies of any cartographic or other engraved or lithographic data in the division of engraving and printing of the Survey, and the moneys received by the Director for such transfers or copies shall be deposited in the Treasury.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States Geological Survey” substituted in text for “Geological Survey” pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 44
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73