§ 408g. — Submerged lands surrounding islands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC408g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LII--ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 408g. Submerged lands surrounding islands
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.
(Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 152, Sec. 3, 56 Stat. 138; Pub. L. 94-567,
Sec. 4(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2694.)
Amendments
1976--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''.
