---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch29/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Lands Beneath Navigable Waters Within State Boundaries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch29-schII"
sections_count: 5
---

# Subchapter II — Lands Beneath Navigable Waters Within State Boundaries

Title 43 — Public Lands › Chapter 29 — Submerged Lands

## Sections

- [§1311. Rights of States](/usc/43/1311.md)
- [§1312. Seaward boundaries of States](/usc/43/1312.md)
- [§1313. Exceptions from operation of](/usc/43/1313.md)
- [§1314. Rights and powers retained by United States; purchase of natural resources; condemnation of lands](/usc/43/1314.md)
- [§1315. Rights acquired under laws of United States unaffected](/usc/43/1315.md)