43 U.S.C. § 1631
Ownership of submerged lands
United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective
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- 43 U.S.C. § 1631, Ownership of submerged lands, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486402
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Full text
For the purposes of this section, the terms “navigable” and “navigability” means navigable for the purpose of determining title to lands beneath navigable waters, as between the United States and the several States pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.] and section 6(m) of the Alaska Statehood Act.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to clarify the treatment of submerged lands and ownership by the Alaskan Native Corporation.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to clarify the conveyance and ownership of submerged lands by Alaska Natives, Native Corporations and the State of Alaska.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally