§ 1342. — Prior claims as unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1342]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
SUBCHAPTER III--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS
Sec. 1342. Prior claims as unaffected
Nothing herein contained shall affect such rights, if any, as may
have been acquired under any law of the United States by any person in
lands subject to this subchapter and such rights, if any, shall be
governed by the law in effect at the time they may have been acquired:
Provided, however, That nothing herein contained is intended or shall be
construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress
that the law under which such rights may be claimed in fact applies to
the lands subject to this subchapter or authorizes or compels the
granting of such rights in such lands, and that the determination of the
applicability or effect of such law shall be unaffected by anything
herein contained.
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, Sec. 14, 67 Stat. 470.)
