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Original Sources - § 1705. Tidelands, Submerged Lands, or Filled Lands
§ 1705. Tidelands, Submerged Lands, or Filled Lands
(Pub. L. 93–435, § 1, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1210; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 607, Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 103–437, § 17(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4595.)
1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted "Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate" for "Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate".
1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–205, § 607(b), inserted "subsection (a) or (b) of" before "this section".
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Beginning at latitude 17«47’30" N. longitude 64«36’32" W; thence approximately 1000 feet to latitude 17«47’27" N, longitude 64«36’22" W; thence approximately 900 feet to latitude 17«47’18" N, longitude 64«36’22" W; thence approximately 1000 feet to latitude 17«47’15" N, longitude 64«36’32" W; thence approximately 1500 feet to latitude 17«47’30" N, longitude 64«36’32" W, then place of beginning, embracing an area of approximately 30 acres.
The submerged lands surrounding the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in American Samoa are necessary for the protection of the Atoll’s marine life, including the green sea and hawksbill turtles. The submerged lands in Apra Harbor and those adjacent to Inapsan Beach and Urano Point in Guam, and certain submerged lands on the west coast of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands are required for national defense purposes. These submerged lands in American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands will be conveyed to the Government of those territories, on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a) of Public Law 93–435 (88 Stat. 1210) [subsec. (a) of this section], unless the President, under Section 1(b)(vii) of that Act [subsec (b)(vii) of this section], designates otherwise.
American Samoa. The submerged lands adjacent to Rose Atoll located 78 miles east-southeast of Tau Island in the Manua Group at latitude 14«32’52" south and longitude 168«08’34" west, which lands shall be under the joint administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior.
The Virgin Islands. (1) The submerged lands as described in the Code of Federal Regulations revised as of July 1, 1974, cited as 33 CFR 207.817 areas "A" & "B", (2) the submerged lands seaward of the 100 fathom curve off the coast of St. Croix beginning at a point 17«40’30" N and ending at a point 17«46’30" North as depicted on Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Numbered 25250, Third Edition; Title: St. Croix, Virgin Islands Underwater Range, and (3) the submerged lands seaward of the Underwater Range Operational Control Center, St. Croix, Virgin Islands presently leased to the Department of the Navy and described as Plot 1B18 of Estate Sprat Hall subdivision, located in northside Quarter "A", St. Croix containing 4.84 acres of land. All of the above lands within the territory of the Virgin Islands shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy.
This section is referred to in sections 1545, 1706, 1707, 1708 of this title; title 16 section 1453; title 43 section 2102.
Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 1705. Tidelands, Submerged Lands, or Filled Lands," U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2019, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=15Z3UV6TJ1G2EAC.
MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 1705. Tidelands, Submerged Lands, or Filled Lands." U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2019. www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=15Z3UV6TJ1G2EAC.
Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 1705. Tidelands, Submerged Lands, or Filled Lands' in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2019, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=15Z3UV6TJ1G2EAC.