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Rights of U.S. 

 respecting navi- 

 gation, etc. 



Surface waters 

 west of 98th 

 meridian. 



tain the lease, and to conduct operations thereunder, in accord- 

 ance with its provisions, for the full term thereof, and any 

 extensions, renewals, or replacements authorized therein, or here- 

 tofore authorized by the laws of the State issuing, or whose grantee 

 issued such lease : Provided, however, That, if oil or gas was not 

 being produced from such lease on and before December 11, 1950, 

 or if the primary term of such lease has expired since Decem- 

 ber 11, 1950, then for a term from the effective date hereof equal to 

 the term remaining unexpired on December 11, 1950, under the 

 provisions of such lease or any extensions, renewals, or replace- 

 ments authorized therein or heretofore authorized by the laws 

 of the State issuing, or whose grantee issued, such lease: Pro- 

 vided, however. That within ninety days from the effective date 

 hereof (i) the lessee shall pay to the State or its grantee issuing 

 such lease all rents, royalties, and other sums payable between 

 June 5, 1950, and the effective date hereof, under such lease and 

 the laws of the State issuing or whose grantee issued such lease, 

 except such rents, royalties, and other sums as have been paid to 

 the State, its grantee, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secre- 

 tary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States and not 

 refunded to the lessee; and (ii) the lessee shall file with the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy and with the 

 State issmng or whose grantee issued such lease, instruments con- 

 senting to the payment by the Secretary of the Interior or the 

 Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States to 

 the State or its grantee issuing the lease, of all rents, royalties, 

 and other payments under the control of the Secretary of the 

 Interior or the Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the 

 United States or the United States which have been paid, under 

 the lease, except such rentals, royalties, and other payments as 

 have also been paid by the lessee to the State or its grantee ; 



(d) Nothing in this Act shall affect the use, development, im- 

 provement, or control by or under the constitutional authority of 

 the United States of said lands and waters for the purposes of 

 navigation or flood control or the production of power, or be 

 construed as the release or relinquishment of any rights of the 

 United States arising under the constitutional authority of Con- 

 gress to regulate or improve navigation, or to provide for flood 

 control, or the production of power ; 



(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or in- 

 tended to affect or in any way interfere with or modify the laws 

 of the States which lie wholly or in part westward of the ninety- 

 eight meridian, relating to the ownership and control of ground 

 and surface waters ; and the control, appropriation, use, and dis- 

 tribution of such waters shall continue to be in accordance with 

 the laws of such States. 



Seo. 4. Seawaed Boundaries. — The seaward boundary of each 

 original coastal State is hereby approved and confirmed as a line 

 three geographical miles distant from its coast line or, in the case 

 of the Great Lakes, to the international boundary. Any State 

 admitted subsequent to the formation of the Union which has not 

 already done so may extend its seaward boundaries to a line 

 three geographical miles distant from its coast line, or to the inter- 

 national boundaries of the United States in the Great Lakes or any 

 other body of water traversed by such boundaries. Any claim 

 heretofore or herafter asserted either by constitutional provision, 

 statute, or otherwise, indicating the intent of a State so to extend 

 its boundaries is hereby approved and confirmed, without preju- 

 dice to its claim, if any it has, that its boundaries extend beyond 

 that line. Nothing in this section is to be construed as questioning 

 or in any manner prejudicing the existence of any State's sea- 

 ward boundary beyond three geographical miles if it was so pro- 

 vided by its constitution or laws prior to or at the time such State 

 became a member of the Union, or if it has been heretofore ap- 

 proved by Congress. 



