§ 1314. — Rights and powers retained by United States; purchase of natural resources; condemnation of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1314]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES
Sec. 1314. Rights and powers retained by United States; purchase
of natural resources; condemnation of lands
(a) The United States retains all its navigational servitude and
rights in and powers of regulation and control of said lands and
navigable waters for the constitutional purposes of commerce,
navigation, national defense, and international affairs, all of which
shall be paramount to, but shall not be deemed to include, proprietary
rights of ownership, or the rights of management, administration,
leasing, use, and development of the lands and natural resources which
are specifically recognized, confirmed, established, and vested in and
assigned to the respective States and others by section 1311 of this
title.
(b) In time of war or when necessary for national defense, and the
Congress or the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall
have the right of first refusal to purchase at the prevailing market
price, all or any portion of the said natural resources, or to acquire
and use any portion of said lands by proceeding in accordance with due
process of law and paying just compensation therefor.
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, Sec. 6, 67 Stat. 32.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2105 of this title.
