§ 408g. Submerged lands surrounding islands

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1942

   Pub. L. 77–152 § 3 · 56 Stat. 138

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 408g

   Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 152, § 3, 56 Stat. 138

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 152, § 3, 56 Stat. 138

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The boundaries of the Isle Royale National Park are hereby extended to include any submerged lands within four and one-half miles of the shore line of Isle Royale and the immediately surrounding islands, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire title by donation to any such lands not now owned by the United States, the title to be satisfactory to him.

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–567 § 4(a)(2) · 90 Stat. 2692

   1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 408g

      Pub. L. 94–567 inserted “within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States” after “submerged lands”, “including Passage Island and the Gull Islands” after “surrounding islands”

   2. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 408g

      Pub. L. 94–567 struck out “immediately” after “Isle Royale and the”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–567 inserted “within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States” after “submerged lands”, “including Passage Island and the Gull Islands” after “surrounding islands”, and struck out “immediately” after “Isle Royale and the”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Amend section 3 to read as follows: “Sec. 3. The boundaries of the Isle Royale National Park are hereby extended to include any submerged lands within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States within four and one-half miles of the shoreline of Isle Royale and the surrounding islands, including Passage Island and the Gull Islands, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire title by donation to any such lands not now owned by the United States, the title to be satisfactory to him.”.

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