Submerged Lands Act of 1953

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Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appliesTo coastal states
Great Lakes states
gptkbp:awardedBy ownership of submerged lands up to three nautical miles from the coast
gptkbp:codifiedIn 43 U.S.C. §§ 1301–1315
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1953
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Submerged Lands Act of 1953
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States
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
to grant states rights to natural resources within their submerged lands
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Outer_Continental_Shelf_Lands_Act
gptkbp:repealedBy no
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:subject natural resources
state sovereignty
submerged lands
offshore oil and gas
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tidelands_controversy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8