---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch10"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 10"
heading: "Territorial Provisions of a General Nature"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch10"
sections_count: 28
---

# Chapter 10 — Territorial Provisions of a General Nature

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

## Sections

- [§1451. Rights of Indians not impaired; boundaries](/usc/48/1451.md)
- [§1452. Regulation of Indians](/usc/48/1452.md)
- [§1453...1455. Repealed.](/usc/48/1453...1455.md)
- [§1456. Repealed.](/usc/48/1456.md)
- [§1457...1469–1. Repealed.](/usc/48/1457...1469-1.md)
- [§1469a. Congressional declaration of policy respecting “Insular Areas”](/usc/48/1469a.md)
- [§1469a–1. Full amounts to be covered into treasuries of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands; reductions prohibited](/usc/48/1469a-1.md)
- [§1469b. Auditing of transactions of territorial and local governments](/usc/48/1469b.md)
- [§1469c. Availability of services, facilities, and equipment of agencies and instrumentalities of United States; reimbursement requirements](/usc/48/1469c.md)
- [§1469d. General technical assistance](/usc/48/1469d.md)
- [§1469e. Insular government purchases](/usc/48/1469e.md)
- [§1470. Repealed.](/usc/48/1470.md)
- [§1470a. Omitted](/usc/48/1470a.md)
- [§1471...1479. Repealed.](/usc/48/1471...1479.md)
- [§1480...1480b. Repealed.](/usc/48/1480...1480b.md)
- [§1481...1485. Repealed.](/usc/48/1481...1485.md)
- [§1486. Repealed.](/usc/48/1486.md)
- [§1488. Repealed.](/usc/48/1488.md)
- [§1489. Loss of title of United States to lands in territories through adverse possession or prescription forbidden](/usc/48/1489.md)
- [§1490. Repealed.](/usc/48/1490.md)
- [§1491. License, permit, etc., for transportation for storage or storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste; prerequisites; applicability; “territory or possession” defined](/usc/48/1491.md)
- [§1492. Energy resources of Caribbean and Pacific insular areas](/usc/48/1492.md)
- [§1492a. Study of electric rates in the insular areas](/usc/48/1492a.md)
- [§1493. Prosecution; authorization to seek review; local or Federal appellate courts; decisions, judgments or orders](/usc/48/1493.md)
- [§1494. Purposes](/usc/48/1494.md)
- [§1494a. Annual reports to Congress](/usc/48/1494a.md)
- [§1494b. Enforcement and administration in insular areas](/usc/48/1494b.md)
- [§1494c. Drug Enforcement Agency personnel assignments](/usc/48/1494c.md)