2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 29 - Submerged Lands
Subchapter III - Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Sec. 1342 - Prior claims as unaffected
43 U.S.C. § 1342 (2019) |
§1342. Prior claims as unaffected |
Nothing herein contained 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 and such rights, if any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the time they may have been acquired: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained 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 applies to the lands subject to this subchapter 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 herein contained. |
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, §14, 67 Stat. 470.) |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Bills and Statutes |
United States Code |
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Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 29 - SUBMERGED LANDS SUBCHAPTER III - OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS Sec. 1342 - Prior claims as unaffected |
section 1342 |
2019 |
January 24, 2020 |
No |
standard |
67 Stat. 470 |