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33 U.S.C. § 1983 — Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
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Nothing in this chapter supersedes, or limits the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
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Nothing in this chapter supersedes, or limits the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
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In carrying out any relevant innovation and entrepreneurship programs that improve the innovation, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Marine Debris Program established under section 1952 11 See References in Text note below. of this title without undermining the purpose for which such program was established, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the EPA Administrator, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall prioritize efforts to combat marine debris, including by—
(1) increasing innovation in methods and the effectiveness of efforts to identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris; and
(2) addressing the impacts of marine debris on—
(A) the economy of the United States;
(B) the marine environment; and
(C) navigation safety.
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When used in this subchapter and subchapter II—
**(a)** The term “lands beneath navigable waters” means—
(1) all lands within the boundaries of each of the respective States which are covered by nontidal waters that were navigable under the laws of the United States at the time such State became a member of the Union, or acquired sovereignty over such lands and waters thereafter, up to the ordinary high water mark as heretofore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, and reliction;
(2) all lands permanently or periodically covered by tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line three geographical miles distant from the coast line of each such State and to the boundary line of each such State where in any case such boundary as it existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by Congress, extends seaward (or into the Gulf of Mexico) beyond three geographical miles,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and
(3) all filled in, made, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable waters, as hereinabove defined;
**(b)** The term “boundaries” includes the seaward boundaries of a State or its boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico or any of the Great Lakes as they existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, or as extended or confirmed pursuant to [section 1312 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1312&num=0&edition=prelim) but in no event shall the term “boundaries” or the term “lands beneath navigable waters” be interpreted as extending from the coast line more than three geographical miles into the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, or more tha
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In this subchapter:
**(a) Outer Continental Shelf.—** The term “outer Continental Shelf” means—
(1) all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control or within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and adjacent to any territory of the United States; and
(2) does not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration;
**(b) Secretary.—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that with respect to functions under this subchapter transferred to, or vested in, the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by or pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act ([42 U.S.C. 7101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as the case may be.
**(c) Lease.—** The term “lease” means any form of authorization which is issued under [section 1337 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1337&num=0&edition=prelim) or maintained under [section 1335 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1335&num=0&edition=prelim) and which authorizes exploration for, and development and production of, minerals.
**(d) Person.—** The term “person” includes, in addition to a natural person, an association, a State, a political subdivision o
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1331
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘accordance’’.
waters for the constitutional purposes of com-
merce, navigation, national defense, and inter-
national affairs, all of which shall be paramount
to, but shall not be deemed to include, propri-
etary rights of ownership, or the rights of man-
agement, administration, leasing, use, and de-
velopment of the lands and natural resources
which are specifically recognized, confirmed, es-
tablished, and vested in and assigned to the re-
spective States and others by section 1311 of this
title.
(b) In time of war or when necessary for na-
tional defense, and the Congress or the Presi-
dent shall so prescribe, the United States shall
have the right of first refusal to purchase at the
prevailing market price, all or any portion of
the said natural resources, or to acquire and use
any portion of said lands by proceeding in ac-
cordance with due process of law and paying just
compensation therefor.
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 6, 67 Stat. 32.)
§ 1315. Rights acquired under laws of United
States unaffected
Nothing contained in this subchapter or sub-
chapter I 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 or subchapter I 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 contained in this sub-
chapter or subchapter I is intended or shall be
construed as a finding, interpretation, or con-
struction by the Congress that the law under
which such rights may be claimed in fact or in
law applies to the lands subject to this sub-
chapter or subchapter I,
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