§2101. Findings
The Congress finds that—
(a) States have the responsibility for management of a broad range of living and nonliving resources in State waters and submerged lands; and
(b) included in the range of resources are certain abandoned shipwrecks, which have been deserted and to which the owner has relinquished ownership rights with no retention.
(Pub. L. 100–298, §2, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 100–298, §1, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 432, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987'."
Court Cases Citing 43 U.S.C. § 2101
- State Of Alabama v. Shipwrecked Vessel believed to be the Schooner CLOTILDA (2021)
- SEA HUNTERS LP v. S S PORT NICHOLSON (2009)
- Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked Vessel (2013)
- State of New York, et al v. French Creek Marina, et al (2005)
- St Michael Press Publishing Co., Inc. v. One Unknown Wreck Believed to be an Unidentified Military and Salvage Frigate of the Vessel Maravilla (2013)