Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§79 Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake to Be Set Aside
Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER IX — CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA › § 79
Summary
Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake must be kept undisturbed for science unless a national emergency is declared.
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Title 20, §79
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The President is authorized and directed to set aside within the Canal Zone an area in Gatun Lake known as Barro Colorado Island in which the natural features shall, except in event of declared national emergency, be left in their natural state for scientific observation and investigation.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1381 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of War and EmergenciesJoint Res.
July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 3, 61 Stat. 451, provided that in the interpretation of this section, the date
July 25, 1947, shall be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war theretofore declared by Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed by the President on Sept. 8, 1939, and
May 27, 1941.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 79
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102