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kind: "title"
title: "48"
heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48"
sections_count: 661
---

# Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

## Contents

- [Chapter 1 — Bureau of Insular Affairs](/usc/48/ch1.md)
- [Chapter 2 — Alaska](/usc/48/ch2.md)
- [Chapter 3 — Hawaii](/usc/48/ch3.md)
- [Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico](/usc/48/ch4.md)
- [Chapter 5 — Philippine Islands](/usc/48/ch5.md)
- [Chapter 6 — Canal Zone](/usc/48/ch6.md)
- [Chapter 7 — Virgin Islands](/usc/48/ch7.md)
- [Chapter 8 — Guano Islands](/usc/48/ch8.md)
- [Chapter 8A — Guam](/usc/48/ch8A.md)
- [Chapter 9 — Samoa, Tutuila, Manua, Swains Island, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands](/usc/48/ch9.md)
- [Chapter 10 — Territorial Provisions of a General Nature](/usc/48/ch10.md)
- [Chapter 11 — Alien Owners of Land](/usc/48/ch11.md)
- [Chapter 12 — Virgin Islands [1954]](/usc/48/ch12.md)
- [Chapter 13 — Eastern Samoa](/usc/48/ch13.md)
- [Chapter 14 — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands](/usc/48/ch14.md)
- [Chapter 15 — Conveyance of Submerged Lands to Territories](/usc/48/ch15.md)
- [Chapter 16 — Delegates to Congress](/usc/48/ch16.md)
- [Chapter 17 — Northern Mariana Islands](/usc/48/ch17.md)
- [Chapter 18 — Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau](/usc/48/ch18.md)
- [Chapter 19 — Pacific Policy Reports](/usc/48/ch19.md)
- [Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability](/usc/48/ch20.md)