[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC2102]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 39--ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS
Sec. 2102. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter--
(a) the term ``embedded'' means firmly affixed in the submerged
lands or in coralline formations such that the use of tools of
excavation is required in order to move the bottom sediments to gain
access to the shipwreck, its cargo, and any part thereof;
(b) the term ``National Register'' means the National Register
of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under
section 470a of title 16;
(c) the terms ``public lands'', ``Indian lands'', and ``Indian
tribe'' have the same meaning given the terms in the Archaeological
Resource \1\ Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-470ll);
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``Resources''.
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(d) the term ``shipwreck'' means a vessel or wreck, its cargo,
and other contents;
(e) the term ``State'' means a State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(f) the term ``submerged lands'' means the lands--
(1) that are ``lands beneath navigable waters,'' as defined
in section 1301 of this title;
(2) of Puerto Rico, as described in section 749 of title 48;
(3) of Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa, as
described in section 1705 of title 48; and
(4) of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as
described in section 801 of Public Law 94-241.\2\
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\2\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 100-298, Sec. 3, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432.)
References in Text
The Archaeological Resource Protection Act of 1979, referred to in
subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 96-95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, as amended,
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