Submerged Lands Act

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Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects navigation rights
mineral rights
fishing rights
oil and gas rights
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:SLA
gptkbp:appliesTo coastal states
Great Lakes states
gptkbp:awardedBy states' rights to natural resources within 3 nautical miles of their coastlines
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_environmental_legislation
1953 in American law
gptkbp:codifiedIn 43 U.S.C. §§ 1301–1315
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1953
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes state ownership of submerged lands up to 3 nautical miles from shore
gptkbp:excludes Texas and Florida have different seaward boundaries under the Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Submerged Lands Act
gptkbp:limitation federal government claims to submerged lands within state boundaries
gptkbp:precededBy United States v. California (1947)
gptkbp:publicLawNumber Public Law 83-31
gptkbp:purpose to confirm and establish the title of the states to lands beneath navigable waters within state boundaries
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Outer_Continental_Shelf_Lands_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:subject natural resources
state sovereignty
ownership of submerged lands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Outer_Continental_Shelf_Lands_Act
gptkb:Alaska_v._United_States
gptkb:Coastal_waters_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7