§ 1302. — Resources seaward of Continental Shelf.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1302]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1302. Resources seaward of Continental Shelf
Nothing in this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter shall be
deemed to affect in any wise the rights of the United States to the
natural resources of that portion of the subsoil and seabed of the
Continental Shelf lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath
navigable waters, as defined in section 1301 of this title, all of which
natural resources appertain to the United States, and the jurisdiction
and control of which by the United States is confirmed.
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, Sec. 9, 67 Stat. 32.)