FEDERAL · 43 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES
Rights and powers retained by United States; purchase of natural resources; condemnation of lands
43 U.S.C. § 1314
Title43 — Public Lands
ChapterSUBCHAPTER II—LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES
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43 U.S.C. § 1314.
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(a)The United States retains all its navigational servitude and rights in and powers of regulation and control of said lands and navigable waters for the constitutional purposes of commerce, navigation, national defense, and international affairs, all of which shall be paramount to, but shall not be deemed to include, proprietary rights of ownership, or the rights of management, administration, leasing, use, and development of the lands and natural resources which are specifically recognized, confirmed, established, and vested in and assigned to the respective States and others by section 1311 of this title.
(b)In time of war or when necessary for national defense, and the Congress or the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to purchase at
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History
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, §6, 67 Stat. 32.)
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