1980 ment comptroller Propriated to the 2on the requestof enforce the collec. -moa, without cost tary of the Treascan Samoa, shal! ents of American he administration October 1, 1980. ntitled ‘‘An Act to ies of the United nd for other pur. 0 the Department i the last sentence nce at the end of on of law, in the ‘iana Islands any it for local matchbutions) required Yorthern Mariana driated for a fiscal this Act but not © appropriated in Act or an amend. 2nded during such 1 succeedingfiscal lities, and equiped States Governble basis, to the the United States nbursements may ney or instrumen- d equipment are ces, facilities, and sement. ed in this Act or e effective only to d in advance in , permit, or other umentality of the .of spent nuclear g-term, or perma- or waste on any Secretary of the letailed report on no such license, ‘granted nor may PUBLIC LAW 96-205—MAR.12, 1980 94 STAT. 91 anysuch transportation or storage occur unless the proposed transportation or storage plan has been specifically authorized by Act of Congress: Provided, That the provisionsof 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 posses- sion” include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and any area “Territory or possession.” not within the boundaries of the several States over which the United States claimsor 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 Definitions. last sentence thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 meanhightide, all lands underlying the navigable bodies of water in and aroundtheisland of Puerto Rico and the adjacentislands, andall artificially made,filled in, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands teneath navigable bodies of water; (2) ‘navigable bodies of water and submerged lands underlying the same in and around theisland of Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters’ extend from the coastline ofthe island of Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands as heretofore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, or reliction, seaward to a distance of three marineleagues; (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 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 development of such natural resources and submerged lands beneath such waters.” (b) Section 7 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (‘Jones Act’), as amended (48 U.S.C. 747),ts-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: ‘(dX 1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than sixty days Mineral after the date of enactmentof this subsection, convey to the govern- deposits, conveyance of ments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case USS.rights,title, may be, all right, title, and interest of the United States in deposits of and interest. oil, gas, and other minerals in the submerged lands conveyed to the governmentof 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. Al]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 government ofthe territory to which such mineral deposits are conveyed.”.