Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§50b Recording of Obligations Against Accounts Receivable and Crediting of Amounts Received; Work Involving Cooperation with State, Territory, Etc.
Title 43 › CHAPTER 2 — UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY › § 50b
Summary
USGS may record money owed by states; must credit payments to appropriation despite other law, before, on, and after October 18, 1986.
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Title 43, §50b
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Before, on, and after October 18, 1986, in carrying out work involving cooperation with any State, Territory, possession, or political subdivision thereof, the United States Geological Survey may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, record obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities and shall credit amounts received from such entities to this appropriation.
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References in Text
This appropriation, referred to in text, probably means appropriations under the headings “Geological Survey” and “surveys, investigations, and research” of the annual Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Codification Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500. In text, “Before, on, and after October 18, 1986” substituted for “heretofore and hereafter”.
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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.
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43 U.S.C. § 50b
Title 43, Public Lands
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102