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PUBLIC LAW 88-183-NOV. 20, 1963

(f) There shall be excepted from conveyances made pursuant to this section all deposits of oil, gas, and other minerals, but the term "minerals" shall not include sand, gravel, or coral. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall have administrative responsibility for all tidelands, submerged lands, or filled lands in or adjacent to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, except (1) lands conveyed pursuant to section 1 of this Act, (2) lands that are not owned by the Ignited States on the date of enactment of this Act, and (3) lands that are within the administrative responsibility of any other department or agency of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, for so long as such condition continues. In exercising such authority, the Secretary may grant revocable permits, subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, for the use, occupancy, and filling of such lands, and for the removal of sand, gravel, and coral therefrom. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the authority heretofore conferred upon any department, agency, or officer of the United States with respect to the lands referred to in this section. SEC. 3. (a) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the President to establish naval defensive sea areas and naval airspace reservations around and over the islands of Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands which he deems necessary for national defense. (b) Nothing in this Act shall affect the use, development, improvement, or control by or under the constitutional authority of the United States of the lands conveyed pursuant to section 1 of this Act and the navigable waters overlying such lands, for the purposes of navigation or flood control or the production of power, or shall be construed as the release or relinquishment of any rights of the United States arising under the constitutional authority of Congress to regulate or improve navigation, or to provide for flood control, or the production of power. (c) The United States retains all of its navigational servitude and rights in and powers of regulation and control of the lands conveyed pursuant to section 1 of this Act and the navigable waters overlying suOh lands, for the constitutional purposes of commerce, navigation, national defense, and international affairs, all of which shall be paramount to, but shall not be deemed to include, proprietary rights of ownership, or the rights of management, administration, leasing, use, and development of the lands and natural resources not in derogation of United States navigational servitude amd rights which are specifically conveyed to the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa, as the case may be, pursuant to section 1 of this Act. SEC. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case may be, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over parties found, acts performed, and offenses committed on property owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. A judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa shall be a bar to any prosecution under the criminal laws of the United States for the same act or acts, and a judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of the United States shall be a bar to any prosecution under the laws of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa for the same act or acts.

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Administrative responsibility.

Reservation of certain rights.

Concurrent jurisdiction.

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