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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1406k"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1406k - Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 307, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1709

## Notes

Section, act June 22, 1936, ch. 699, § 39, 49 Stat. 1817, related to jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior and Attorney General.