2015 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 15 - Conveyance of Submerged Lands to Territories (Sections 1701 - 1708)
Sec. 1708 - Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 15 - CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO TERRITORIES Sec. 1708 - Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands |
| Contains | section 1708 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-435, §6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212. |
| Statutes at Large References | 45 Stat. 1253 46 Stat. 4 88 Stat. 1212, 1210 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 93-435 |
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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: Provided, however, That this section shall not be construed in derogation of any of the provisions of the April 17, 1900 cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the July 16, 1904 cession of the Manu's Islands, as ratified by the Act of February 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4).
(Pub. L. 93–435, §6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–435, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1210, as amended, which enacted sections 1705 to 1708 of this title, amended section 1545 of this title, and repealed sections 1701 to 1703 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The amendment made by this Act, referred to in text, means the amendment made by section 3 of Pub. L. 93–435 to section 1545(b) of this title.
Act of February 20, 1929, referred to in text, is act Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253, as amended, which enacted section 1661 of this title.
Act of May 22, 1929, referred to in text, is act May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4, which amended section 1661 of this title.
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