48 USC § 1708 - Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands

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title: "48 USC § 1708 - Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1708"
section_name: "Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO TERRITORIES"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–435, § 6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212.)"
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# § 1708. Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands

*Provided, however*April 17, 1900July 16, 1904February 20, 192945 Stat. 1253May 22, 192946 Stat. 4

No person shall be denied access to, or any of the benefits accruing from, the lands conveyed by this Act, or by the amendment made by this Act, on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry: , That this section shall not be construed in derogation of any of the provisions of the  cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the  cession of the Manu’s Islands, as ratified by the Act of  () and the Act of  ().

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–435, § 6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212.)

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