Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§1319 Geological Survey: Specific Appropriations Required for Monographs and Bulletins
Title 44 › CHAPTER 13 — PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS › § 1319
Summary
The Geological Survey can't publish its scientific monographs or bulletins until it prepares specific, itemized cost estimates and gets separate approved funding that matches those estimates. It also can't produce engravings, illustrations, sections, or maps for the annual reports or for those monographs and bulletins until specific estimates are submitted and separate appropriations are approved to pay for them.
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Title 44, §1319
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The scientific reports known as the monographs and bulletins of the Geological Survey may not be published until specific and detailed estimates and specific appropriations based on these estimates are made for them. Engravings for the annual reports for monographs and bulletins, or of illustrations, sections, and maps, may not be made until specific estimates are submitted and specific appropriations made based on the estimates.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 261 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 79, 28 Stat. 621; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, 43 Stat. 592).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Geological Survey redesignated United States Geological Survey by provision of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 1319
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102