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29. Submerged Lands 

 43 U.S.C. 1301-1343 



SUBCHAPTER I —GENERAL PROVISIONS 

 Sec. 



1301. Definitions 



1302. Resources seaward of the Continental Shelf. 



1303. Sections not affected. 



SUBCHAPTER II.— LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE 



WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES 

 Sec. 



1311. Rights of the States 



(a) Confirmation and establishment of title and 



ownership of lands and resources, manage- 

 ment, administration, leasing, develop- 

 ment, and use. 



(b) Release and relinquishment of title and 



claims of United States; payment to States 

 of moneys paid under leases, 



(c) Leases in effect on June 5. 1950. 



(d) Authority and rights of the United States 



respecting navigation, flood control and 

 production of power. 



(e) Ground and surface waters west of tlie 98th 



meridian. 



1312. Seaward boundaries of States. 



1313. Exceptions from confirmation and establishment of 



States' title, power and rights, 



1314. Rights and powers retained by the United States: 



purchase of natural resources; condemnation of 

 lands, 



1315. Rights acquired under laws of the United States 



unaffected. 



SUBCHAPTER III 



-OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 

 LANDS 



Jurisdiction; 



1331 Definitions 



1332 Congressional declaration of policy; 



construction, 

 1333, Laws and regulations governing lands, 



(a) Constitution and United States lawj; laws of 

 adjacent States; publication of projected 

 State lines; restriction on State taxation 

 and jurisdiction 

 Jurisdiction of United States district courts. 

 Applicability of Longshoremen's and Harbor 

 Workers' Compensation Act; definitions, 



(d) Applicability of National Labor Relations Act, 



(e) Coast Guard regulations; marking of Islands 

 and structures; offenses and penalties, 



(f) Prevention of obstruction to na\lgatlon by 

 Secretary of the Army, 



(g) Provisions as non -exclusive. 

 Administration of leasing. 



<b) 

 (c) 



1334, 



1335, 



1336 



1337, 



(;i) Rules and regulations; amendment; coop- 

 eration with State agencies; violations 

 and penalties; compliance with regula- 

 tions as condition of lease, 



(b) Cancellation of lease; Judicial review. 



(cl Pipeline rights-of-way; forfeiture of grant. 

 Validation and maintenance of prior leases. 



(a) Requirements for validation. 



(b) Conduct of operations under lease; sulphur 



rights, 



(c) Non-waiver of United States claims, 



(d) Judicial review of determination, 



(e) Lands beneath navigable waters. 

 Controversies over Jurisdiction: agreements: pay- 

 ments: flnal settlement or adjudication: approval 

 of notice concerning oil and gas operations In 

 Gulf of Mexico 



Grant of leases by Secretary. 



(a) Oil and gas leases; award to highest bidder; 



method of bidding. 



(b) Terms and provisions of oil and gas leases, 



(c) Sulphur leases; award to highest bidder; 



method of bidding. 



Bee, 



(d) Terms and provisions of sulphur leases. 



(e) Other mineral leases; award to highest bid- 



der; terms and conditions, 



(f) Publication of notices of sale and terms of 



bidding, 



(g) Disposition of revenues, 



(h) Issuance of lease as non-prejudlclal to ul- 

 timate settlement or adjudication of 

 controversies, 



(I) Cancellation of leases for fraud. 



(J) Judicial review of cancellation of lease; peti- 

 tion within sixty days. 



1338. Disposition of revenues, 



1339. Refunds; filijig time limitation; certification of 



repayment: necessity of report to Congress. 



1340. Geological and geophysical explorations. 



1341. Reservation of lands and rights. 



(a) Withdrawal of unleased lands by President. 



(b) First refusal of mineral purchases. 



(c) National security clause. 



(d) National defense areas: suspension of opera- 



tions: extension of leases. 



(e) Source materials essential to production of 



fissionable materials. 



(f) Helium ownership; rules and regulations 



governing extraction. 



1342. Prior claims as unaffected. 



1343 Annual report by Secretary tc Congress. 



SUBCHAPTER I.— GENERAL PROVISIONS 



§ 1301. Definitions. 



When used in this chapter — 



(a) The term "lands beneath navigable waters" 

 means — 



(1) all lands within the boundaries of each of 

 the respective States which are covered by non- 

 tldal waters that were navigable under the laws 

 of the United States at the time such State be- 

 came a member of the Union, or acquired sov- 

 ereignty over such lands and waters thereafter, 

 up to the ordinary high water mark as hereto- 

 fore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, 

 and reliction; 



(2) all lands permanently or periodically cov- 

 ered by tidal waters up to but not above the line 

 of mean high tide and seaward to a line three 

 geographical miles distant from the coast line of 

 each such State and to the boundary line of each 

 such State where in any case such boundary as It 

 existed at the time such State became a member 

 of the Union, or as heretofore approved by Con- 

 gress, extends seaward 'or into the Gulf of 

 Mexico) beyond three geographical miles, and 



(3) all filled in. made, or reclaimed lands which 

 formerly were lands beneath navigable waters, as 

 hereinabove defined ; 



(b) The term "boundaries" includes the seaward 

 boundaries of a State or its boundaries in the Gulf 

 of Mexico or any of the Great Lakes as they existed 

 at the time such State became a member of the 

 Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, 

 or as extended or confirmed pursuant to section 



