---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch15"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 15"
heading: "Conveyance of Submerged Lands to Territories"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch15"
sections_count: 6
---

# Chapter 15 — Conveyance of Submerged Lands to Territories

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

## Sections

- [§1701...1703. Repealed.](/usc/48/1701...1703.md)
- [§1704. Concurrent jurisdiction; exceptions for national defense purposes](/usc/48/1704.md)
- [§1705. Tidelands, submerged lands, or filled lands](/usc/48/1705.md)
- [§1706. Reserved rights](/usc/48/1706.md)
- [§1707. Payment of rents, royalties, and fees to local government](/usc/48/1707.md)
- [§1708. Discrimination prohibited in rights of access to, and benefits from, conveyed lands](/usc/48/1708.md)