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CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF SUBMERGED COASTAL
LANDS AND OF LANDS BENEATH INLAND WATERS AND OF
CERTAIN RESOURCES OF SAID LANDS

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 OF THE

AP

2.1949

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 5991 and H. R. 5992

BILLS TO PROMOTE THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT,
AND CONSERVATION OF CERTAIN RESOURCES IN THE
SUBMERGED COASTAL LANDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
USE, CONTROL, AND DISPOSITION OF SAID LANDS AND
RESOURCES AND OF LANDS BENEATH
INLAND WATERS

AUGUST 24, 25, AND 29, 1949

98382

Serial No. 15

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

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Hall Hammond, attorney general, State of Maryland

E. W. Mattoon, assistant attorney general, State of California_

Fred N. Howser, attorney general, State of California..

J. Stuart Watson, assistant executive officer, California State Lands
Commission (submitted by Mr. Howser)_

Bascom Giles, commissioner of general land office, State of Texas_-

Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, State of Kansas-

Ralph Odum, assistant attorney general, State of Florida_

Letter, August 8, 1949, to Senator Connally from Hon. Edward Clark,
Austin, Tex., suggesting amendment of H. R. 5991 and H. R. 5992.

Resolution of National Association of Attorneys General

Resolution passed by the Legislature of Maryland_

Resolution passed by the Florida Legislature..

opment of

Resolution of the Texas School Land Board..
Excerpt from Department of Commerce report showing land grants to States
for educational and other purposes..

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CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF SUBMERGED COASTAL LANDS AND OF LANDS BENEATH INLAND WATERS AND OF CERTAIN RESOURCES OF SAID LANDS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY,
Washington, D. C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10: 15 a. m., room 346, House Office Building, Hon. Francis E. Walter (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Mr. WALTER. The subcommittee will come to order.

I am sure all of you will appreciate it if order can be maintained throughout the hearing. There is a large number of people here. These hearings will be on H. R. 5991 and H. R. 5992, bills to promote the exploration, development, and conservation of certain resources in the submerged coastal lands and to provide for the use, control, and disposition of said lands and resources and of lands beneath inland waters.

Without objection, H. R. 5991 and H. R. 5992 will appear in the record at this point.

(H. R. 5991 and H. R. 5992 are as follows:)

[H. R. 5991, 81st Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To promote the exploration, development, and conservation of certain resources in the submerged coastal lands and to provide for the use, control, and disposition of said lands and resources and of lands beneath inland waters

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Submerged Coastal Lands Act."

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.-When used in this Act

(a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.

(b) The term "submerged coastal lands" means (i) all submerged lands of the continental shelf which lie seaward of the marginal belt as hereinafter defined and within which all the natural resources appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control, such lands being hereinafter referred to as the "continental shelf," and (ii) all submerged lands outside of inland waters, as herein defined, which are under the dominion of, and subject to the paramount rights of, the United States, and which extend three geographical miles seaward from the coast line of the United States and of Alaska, or to the boundary line of any State where in any case such boundary, as it existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, extends beyond three geographical miles from said coast line, such lands being hereinafter referred to as the "marginal belt."

(c) The term "coast line," until more specifically defined by Congress, shall be deemed to mean the line of ordinary low water along the open sea, and the line marking the seaward boundary of any body of water which joins the open sea.

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