PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980 |
any such transportation or storage occur unless the proposed trans_ portation or storage plan has been specifically authorized by Act of
Congress: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply
to the cleanup and rehabilitation of Bikini and Enewetak Atolls.

(b) For the purpose of this section the words “territory or possession” include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and any area
not within the boundaries of the several States over which the United

States claims or exercises sovereignty.
Sec. 606. (a) Section 8 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (“Jones Act’’), as

amended (48 U.S.C. 749), is amended by adding the following after the
last sentence thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

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“Territory or
possession.”

Definitions.

as used in this section (1) ‘submerged lands underlying navigable

bodies of water’ include lands permanently or periodically covered by

tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide, all lands

underlying the navigable bodies of water in and aroundtheisland of
Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands, and all artificially made, filled

in, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable

bodies of water; (2) ‘navigable bodies of water and submerged lands
underlying the same in and aroundtheisland of Puerto Rico and the
adjacent islands and waters’ extend from the coastline of the island of
Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands as heretofore or hereafter’

modified by accretion, erosion, or reliction, seaward to a distance of

three marine leagues; (3) ‘control’ includesall right, title, and interest
in and to and jurisdiction and authority over the submerged lands
underlying the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of
water in and around the island of Puerto Rico and the adjacent
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islands and waters, and the natural resources underlying such

submerged lands and waters, and includes proprietary rights of
ownership, and the rights of management, administration, leasing,
use, and developmentof such natural resources and submerged lands

beneath such waters.”.
(b) Section 7 of the Act of March2, 1917 (“Jones Act”), as amended

(48 U.S.C. 747), is amended by adding the following after the last
sentence thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as
used in this section ‘control’ includes all right, title, and interest in
and to and jurisdiction and authority over the aforesaid property and

includes proprietary rights of ownership, and the rights of manage-

‘ment, administration, leasing, use, and development of such
property.”.
Sec. 607. (a) The first section of the Act entitled ‘An Act to place
certain submerged lands within the jurisdiction of the governments
of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and for other

purposes”, approved October 5, 1974 (48 U.S.C. 1705), is amended by

adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
“(d)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, net later than sixty days
after the date of enactment of this subsection, convey to the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case
maybe,all right, title, and interest of the United States in deposits of
oil, gas, and other minerals in the submerged lands conveyed to the
government of such territory by subsection (a) of this section.
“(2) The conveyance of mineral deposits under paragraph(1) of this
subsection shall be subject to any existing lease, permit, or other
interest granted by the United States prior to the date of such
conveyance. A!}l rentals, royalties, or fees which accrue after such
date of conveyance in connection with any such lease, permit, or
other interest shall be payable to the governmentof the territory to

which such mineral deposits are conveyed.”.

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Mineral
deposits,
conveyance of
US. rights, title,
and interest.

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