---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 31j"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "31j"
heading: "Biological research activity of Survey; review and report by National Academy of Sciences"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/31j"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — United States Geological Survey"
---

# §31j. Biological research activity of Survey; review and report by National Academy of Sciences


Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and once every five years thereafter, the National Academy of Sciences shall review and report on the biological research activity of the [Survey](/usc/43/31b.md?p=10).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(d) [title I], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–181, 3009–189.)