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bodies of water; (2) ‘navigable bodies of water and submerged lands
"underlying the samein 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 andjurisdiction and authority over the submerged lands
interest granted by the United States prior to the date of such
conveyance. All rentals, royalties, or fees which accrue after such
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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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(2) The conveyanceof mineral deposits under paragraph(1) of this
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government of such territory by subsection (a) of this section.
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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
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ment, administration, leasing, use, and development of such
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used in this section ‘control’ includes all right, title, and interest in
oil, gas, and other minerals in the submerged lands conveyed to the
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(48 U.S.C. 747), is amended by adding the following after the last _
sentence thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as
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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
beneathsuch waters.”.° °°
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(b) Section 7 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (“Jones Act”), as amended
ments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case
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underlying the navigable bodies of water in and around theisland of
Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands, and all artificially made, filled
in, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable
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bodies of water’ include lands permanently or periodically covered by
tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean hightide, all lands
“(d\1) The Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than sixty days
after the date of enactment of this subsection, convey to the govern-
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amended (48 U.S.C. 749), is amended by adding the following after the
last sentence thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
as used in this section (1) ‘submerged lands underlying navigable
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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 possession” include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and any area
not within the boundaries of the several States over which the United
adding at the end thereofthe following newsubsection:
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any such transportation or storage occur unless the proposed transportation or storage plan has been specifically authorized by Act of