33 USC § 883l - Contracts for surveying and mapping services

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title: "33 USC § 883l - Contracts for surveying and mapping services"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "883l"
section_name: "Contracts for surveying and mapping services"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SURVEYS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, § 206, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 77.)"
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# 1 Contracts for surveying and mapping services

See References in Text note below.

February 20, 2003[^1]

On and after , the Secretary of Commerce may award contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric surveying and mapping services in accordance with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, § 206, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 77.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, referred to in text, is , . Title IX of the Act, which was classified generally to subchapter VI (§ 541 et seq.) of chapter 10 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, was repealed and reenacted by , §§ 1, 6(b), , , 1304, as chapter 11 (§ 1101 et seq.) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. For disposition of sections of former Title 40 to revised Title 40, see Table preceding . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Prior Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

, §  206, , .

, , , 2762A–79.

, , , 1501A–32.

, , , 2681–87.

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, , , 3009–41.

, , , 1321–32.