56 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



SUBCHAPTER IF.— ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS AND FIXED STRUCTURES 

 Definitions (Interior Department) 

 48 U.S.C. 1331(b) 



The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Laws and regulations governing lands 



43 U.S.C. 1333 (a) and (e) 



(a) Constitution and United States laws; laws of adjacent States; 

 j)ublication of projected States lines; restriction on State taxation 

 and jurisdiction. 



(1) Tlie Constitution and laws and civil and political jurisdiction 

 of the United States are extended to the subsoil and seabed of the outer 

 Continental Shelf and to all artificial islands and fixed structures 

 which may be erected thereon for the purpose of exploring for, devel- 

 oping, removing, and transporting resources therefrom, to the same 

 extent as if the outer Continental Shelf were an area of exclusive 

 Federal jurisdiction located within a State: Provided, hoivever, That 

 mineral leases on the outer Continental Shelf shall be maintained or 

 issued only under the provisions of this subchapter. 



(2) To the extent that they are applicable and not inconsistent 

 with this subchapter or with other Federal laws and regulations of 

 the Secretary ^ now in effect or hereafter adopted, the civil and crim- 

 inal laws of each adjacent State as of the effective date of this sub- 

 chapter are declared to be the law of the United States for that portion 

 of the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf, and artificial 

 islands and fixed structures erected thereon, which would be within 

 the area of the State if its boundaries were extended seaward to the 

 outer margin of the outer Continental Shelf, and the President shall 

 determine and publish in the Federal Register such projected lines 

 extending seaward and defining each such area. All of such appli- 

 cable laws shall be administered and enforced by the appropriate 

 officers and courts of the United States. State taxation laws shall 

 not apply to the outer Continental Shelf. 



(3) The provisions of this section for the adoption of State law 

 as the law of the United States shall never be interpreted as a basis 

 for claiming any interest in or jurisdiction on behalf of any State 

 for any purpose over the seabed and subsoil of the outer Continental 

 Shelf, or the property and natural resources thereof or the revenues 

 therefrom. 



^ ^ ^ :ii :^ 4t * 



(e) Coast Guard regulations; marking of islands and structures; 

 offenses and penalties. 



(1) The head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is 

 ojierating shall have authority to promulgate and enforce such 

 reasonable regulations with respect to lights and other warning de- 

 vices, safety equipment, and other matters relating to the promotion 

 of safety of life and property on the islands and st noctures referred 



1 Secretary of th'; Interior. 



