Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 15 — Conveyance of Submerged Lands to Territories
§ 1708. Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands
Statutory text
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 cession of Tutuila and Aunuu or the cession of the Manu’s Islands, as ratified by the Act of (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of (46 Stat. 4).
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.
Pub. L. 93–435 § 6 · 88 Stat. 1210
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1708
(Pub. L. 93–435, § 6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–435, § 6, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1212.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. No person shall be denied access to, or any of the benefits Nondiscrimination. 48 USC 1708. 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). 48 USC 1661.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–435, , 88 Stat. 1210, which enacted sections 1705 to 1708 of this title, amended section 1545 of this title, and repealed sections 1701 to 1703 of this title.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 , 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 , referred to in text, is act May 22, 1929, ch. 6, 46 Stat. 4, which amended section 1661 of this title.