43 USC § 1315 - Rights acquired under laws of United States unaffected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1315"
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title: "43 USC § 1315 - Rights acquired under laws of United States unaffected"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1315"
section_name: "Rights acquired under laws of United States unaffected"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "SUBMERGED LANDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES"
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, § 8, 67 Stat. 32.)"
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# § 1315. Rights acquired under laws of United States unaffected

*Provided, however*

Nothing contained in this subchapter or subchapter I shall affect such rights, if any, as may have been acquired under any law of the United States by any person in lands subject to this subchapter or subchapter I and such rights, if any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the time they may have been acquired: , That nothing contained in this subchapter or subchapter I is intended or shall be construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress that the law under which such rights may be claimed in fact or in law applies to the lands subject to this subchapter or subchapter I, or authorizes or compels the granting of such rights in such lands, and that the determination of the applicability or effect of such law shall be unaffected by anything contained in this subchapter or subchapter I.

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**Source Credit**: (May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 8, 67 Stat. 32.)