43 USC § 1302 - Resources seaward of Continental Shelf

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1302"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 1302 - Resources seaward of Continental Shelf"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1302"
section_name: "Resources seaward of Continental Shelf"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "SUBMERGED LANDS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 9, 67 Stat. 32.)"
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# § 1302. Resources seaward of Continental Shelf

section 1301 of this title

Nothing in this subchapter or subchapter II 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 , all of which natural resources appertain to the United States, and the jurisdiction and control of which by the United States is confirmed.

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**Source Credit**: (May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 9, 67 Stat. 32.)