{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-2101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 2101","heading":"Findings","body":"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.","path":["Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS","CHAPTER 39—ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc43@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:36Z","sha256":"e44a11cb7f0bd28859387e9b737450a168335ad31d79a0b4c646c18aaef71be2","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-2012","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-2102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}