Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§2101 Findings

Title 43 › Chapter 39— ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS › § 2101

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Summary

States must manage many living and nonliving resources in their waters and the land under them. That responsibility includes certain abandoned shipwrecks—ships left behind whose owners have given up their ownership rights.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §2101

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The Congress finds that—

(a)States have the responsibility for management of a broad range of living and nonliving resources in State waters and submerged lands; and

(b)included in the range of resources are certain abandoned shipwrecks, which have been deserted and to which the owner has relinquished ownership rights with no retention.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 100–298, § 1, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987’.”

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 2101

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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