43 USC § 2101 - Findings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s2101"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 2101 - Findings"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "2101"
section_name: "Findings"
chapter_number: 39
chapter_name: "ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–298, § 2, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432.)"
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# § 2101. Findings

The Congress finds that—

**(a)** States have the responsibility for management of a broad range of living and nonliving resources in State waters and submerged lands; and

**(b)** included in the range of resources are certain abandoned shipwrecks, which have been deserted and to which the owner has relinquished ownership rights with no retention.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–298, § 2, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987’.”

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