48 U.S.C. § 1494c — Drug Enforcement Agency personnel as-

Page 136 TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § 1494c curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen- erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6. For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, includ- ing the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury re- lating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganiza- tion Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. § 1494c. Drug Enforcement Agency personnel as- signments To assist in the enforcement of the controlled substances laws of the United States in coordi- nation with law enforcement officers in insular areas in the eastern Caribbean and in the cen- tral and western Pacific, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration shall as- sign appropriate personnel and other resources to the Virgin Islands and Guam. (Pub. L. 99–570, title V, § 5005, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title IX, § 9310, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4539.) CHAPTER 11—ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND Sec. 1501. Lands in Territories. 1502. Previously acquired lands; bona fide resident aliens; mining or incorporated village lands. 1503. Acquisition by inheritance, in collection of debts, etc. 1504. Conveyance of lands in Territories by aliens before escheat proceedings. 1505. Proceedings for escheat of improperly held lands. 1506. Condemnation and sale of lands in escheat proceedings. 1507. Public lands. 1508. Application to District of Columbia. 1509 to 1512. Omitted. § 1501. Lands in Territories No alien or person who is not a citizen of the United States, or who has not declared his in- tention to become a citizen of the United States in the manner provided by law shall acquire title to or own any land in any of the Territories of the United States except as hereinafter pro- vided. The prohibition of this section shall not apply to cases in which the right to hold or dis- pose of lands in the United States is secured by existing treaties to citizens or subjects of for- eign countries, which rights, so far as they may exist by force of any such treaty, shall continue to exist so long as such treaties are in force, and no longer. (Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 1, 24 Stat. 476; Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 618.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 71 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. § 1502. Previously acquired lands; bona fide resi- dent aliens; mining or incorporated village lands This chapter shall not apply to land owned in any of the Territories of the United States by aliens, which was acquired on or before March 3, 1887, so long as it is held by the then owners, their heirs or legal representatives, nor to any alien who shall become a bona fide resident of the United States, and any alien who shall be- come a bona fide resident of the United States, or shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States in the manner pro- vided by law, shall have the right to acquire and hold lands in either of the Territories of the United States upon the same terms as citizens of the United States. If any such resident alien shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the United States then such alien shall have ten years from the time he ceases to be such bona fide resident in which to alienate such lands. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent any persons not citizens of the United States from acquiring or holding lots or parcels of lands in any incorporated or platted city, town, or village, or in any mine or mining claim, in any of the Territories of the United States. (Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 2, 24 Stat. 477; Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 618.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 72 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. § 1503. Acquisition by inheritance, in collection of debts, etc. This chapter shall not prevent aliens from ac- quiring lands or any interests therein by inher- itance or in the ordinary course of justice in the collection of debts, nor from acquiring liens on real estate or any interest therein, nor from lending money and securing the same upon real estate or any interest therein; nor from enforc- ing any such lien, nor from acquiring and hold- ing title to such real estate, or any interest therein, upon which a lien may have heretofore or may hereafter be fixed, or upon which a loan of money may have been heretofore or hereafter may be made and secured. All lands so acquired shall be sold within ten years after title shall be perfected in him under said sale or the same shall escheat to the United States and be for- feited as provided in sections 1504 to 1507 of this title. (Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, § 3, 24 Stat. 477; Mar. 2, 1897, ch. 363, 29 Stat. 618.)