--- type: "LegalText" title: "48 U.S.C. § 1247" description: "Omitted" jurisdiction: "us" corpus: "united_states_code" kind: "code_section" title_number: 48 title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS" chapter_number: "5" chapter_name: "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" section: "1247" citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1247" status: "current" release_point: "119-100" release_date: "2026-06-26" source: "official" source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc48@119-100.zip" source_identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1247" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-48/usc48.xml" source_hash: "fa8fdb6c03db61aa1ad488defcc079cfc11ad336619f2c06e1d645c51600089f" raw_snapshot_hash: "2f9a72ec272e6666d7f55f52cc3186aefc6368ca4cc2b9053a531de2fb9288c2" text_hash: "07e789638380fa3aa8cb86bb7a56f253d43bf146bff00e6df05049ac2d0495aa" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 48 U.S.C. § 1247 - Omitted ## Notes Editorial Notes Codification Section, acts Jan. 17, 1933, ch. 11, § 17, 47 Stat. 770; Mar. 24, 1934, ch. 84, § 17, 48 Stat. 465, related to effective date, and was omitted in view of recognition of Philippine independence.