2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 39 - ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS (§§ 2101 - 2106)
Section 2101 - Findings
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 39 - ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS Sec. 2101 - Findings |
| Contains | section 2101 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987.</p> |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-298, §2, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432. |
| Statutes at Large References | 102 Stat. 432 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 100-298 |
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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.
(Pub. L. 100–298, §2, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432.)
Short TitlePub. L. 100–298, §1, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987’.”
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