Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1708 Discrimination Prohibited in Rights of Access To, and Benefits From, Conveyed Lands
Title 48 › CHAPTER 15 — CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO TERRITORIES › § 1708
Summary
No one may be denied access to or benefits from lands given by this Act because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry. That does not alter the April 17, 1900 or July 16, 1904 cessions.
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Title 48, §1708
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No person shall be denied access to, or any of the benefits accruing from, the lands conveyed by this Act, or by the amendment made by this Act, on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry: Provided, however, That this section shall not be construed in derogation of any of the provisions of the April 17, 1900 cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the July 16, 1904 cession of the Manu’s Islands, as ratified by the Act of February 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4).
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This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–435, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1210, which enacted sections 1705 to 1708 of this title, amended section 1545 of this title, and repealed sections 1701 to 1703 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The amendment made by this Act, referred to in text, means the amendment made by section 3 of Pub. L. 93–435 to section 1545(b) of this title. Act of
February 20, 1929, referred to in text, is act Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 281, 45 Stat. 1253, as amended, which enacted section 1661 of this title. Act of
May 22, 1929, referred to in text, is act
May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4, which amended section 1661 of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 1708
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102