transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House do now adjourn.

TITLE TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES AND TO NATURAL RESOURCES

The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 13) to confirm and establish the titles of the States to lands beneath navigable waters within State boundaries and to natural resources within such lands and waters, and to provide for the use and control of said lands and resources.

The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. MALONE to the reported amendment, as amended, Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the vote on the pending amendment be postponed until 2 p. m. tomorrow and that additional amendments be in order at this time under the unanimous consent agreement, as modified.

On motion by Mr. LEHMAN to further amend the reported amendment, by inserting in lieu of the part proposed to be inserted other words,

Pending debate,

The further consideration of the amendment was temporarily laid aside, by unanimous consent.

Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That beginning at 2 o'clock p. m. tomorrow, the provision of the unanimous consent agreement, as modified, prohibiting further debate on any amendment, be modified to allow 5 minutes each for the proposer and the opponents thereof.

Ordered further, That when the Senate concludes its business today, it take a recess until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow. Pending debate,

RECESS

On motion by Mr. FERGUSON, at 6 o'clock and 53 minutes p. m.,

The Senate, under its order of today, took a recess until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow.

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1953

(Legislative day of Monday, April 6, 1953)

The VICE PRESIDENT called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock noon and the Chaplain offered prayer.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent,

The Journal of the proceedings of Monday, May 4, 1953, was approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed, each without

amendment, the following bills of the Senate:

S. 71. An act for the relief of Bernard W. Olson;

A resolution of the Board of Estimate, New York, N. Y., remonstrating against any curtailment or reduction of low-income housing in the city of New York; to the Committee on Appropriations.

Resolutions of the Japanese American Citizens League, of Glendale, Ariz., as follows:

S. 720. An act for the relief of Comdr. John J. O'Donnell, United States Naval Reserve;

S. 811. An act for the relief of George Mauner:

S. 846. An act for the relief of Charles Anthony Desotell; and

S. 851. An act for the relief of the estate of Mary M. Mendenhall.

The President of the United States has informed the House that on April 30, 1953, he approved and signed the act (H. R. 4507) to amend and extend the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, and for other purposes.

The following business was transacted by unanimous consent:

COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO SIT The Subcommittee on Investigations of the Commitee on Government Operations was authorized to sit during the session of the Senate today, on the request of Mr. TAFT.

REPORT ON EXPORT CONTROL

The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the twenty-second quarterly report on export control for the period ended December 31, 1952; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

AUDIT REPORT OF COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, part 1 of an audit report of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1952; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following petitions, etc., which were referred as indicated:

A joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, favoring the enactment of an accelerated amortization law permitting industries which make antipollution installations to amortize them at an accelerated rate; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

ing persons of Japanese ancestry for their wartime evacuation;

A resolution praying that administrative funds be made available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, to hire personnel and facilities to investigate Japanese deserving citizenship; to the Committee on Finance.

Mrs. SMITH of Maine presented resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maine, rescinding previous action on a resolution favoring a constitutional amendment to impose a 25-percent limitation on income, inheritance, and gifts; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. BRIDGES presented resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, as follows:

A concurrent resolution favoring hearing with the Federal Communications Commission at the earliest possible date regarding the allocation of television channel 8; and

A concurrent resolution favoring the extension of 2 educational television channels for at least 2 years beyond June 2, 1953; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Mr. BUTLER of Maryland presented the following resolutions, which were referred as indicated:

A resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, praying that, for the purpose of taxation, the activities of a private contractor performing services for the Atomic Energy Commission be treated as activities of the Commission itself; to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; and

A resolution of the Prince Georges Chamber of Commerce, Brentwood, Md., praying that Congress make available $1 million to permit the carrying out of the Federal, State, and county program, as proposed by the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in conjunction with the plan of the United States Army Engineers; to the Committee on Appropriations.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

Mr. BRICKER, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1631) to amend section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 226) thereon.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Bills were introduced, severally read the first and second times, and referred as follows:

By Mr. IVES (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. AIKEN, Mr. GRISWOLD, Mr. PURTELL, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. MURRAY, Mr. NEELY, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. LEHMAN, and Mr. KENNEDY): S. 1831. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act so as to make certain discrimination on grounds of race, religion, color, or national origin by employers and labor organizations an unfair labor practice; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

By Mr. TAFT:

S. 1832. A bill for the relief of Osjasz Hersh Braksmajer (Sam Braksmayer), Rysa Margolit Braksmajer, and Moshe Braksmajer; and

S. 1833. A bill for the relief of Mojsze Hildeshaim and Ita Hildeshaim; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. YOUNG:

S. 1834. A bill to amend section 6 of the Selective Service Act of 1948 to permit the correction of dental defects of selectees prior to their induction into the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. LANGER:

S. 1835. A bill for the relief of certain aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. LANGER (for himself and Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina):

S. 1836. A bill for the relief of Ernst Windmeier; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HUMPHREY:

S. 1837. A bill for the relief of Leonard Reyes Isla; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BRICKER:

S. 1838. A bill for the relief of Azzam Issac Rafidi; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

TITLE TO LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES AND TO NATURAL RESOURCES

The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 13) to confirm and establish the titles of the States to lands beneath navigable waters within State boundaries and to natural resources within such lands and waters, and to provide for the use and control of said lands and resources.

The question being on agreeing to the reported amendment, as amended,

"SEC. 2. When used in this joint resolution

"(a) The term 'lands beneath navigable waters' means

"(1) all lands within the boundaries of each of the respective States which are covered by nontidal waters that were navigable under the laws of the United States at the time such State became a member of the Union, or acquired sovereignty over such lands and waters thereafter, up to the ordinary high-water mark as heretofore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, and reliction;

"(2) all lands permanently or periodically covered by tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line three geographical miles distant from the coast line of each such State and to the boundary line of each such State where in any case such boundary as it existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by Congress, extends seaward (or into the Gulf of

Mexico) beyond three geographical miles, and

"(3) all filled in, made, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable waters, as hereinabove defined;

"(b) The term 'boundaries' includes the seaward boundaries of a State or its boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico or any of the Great Lakes as they existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, or as extended or confirmed pursuant to section 4 hereof but in no event shall the term 'boundaries' or the term 'lands beneath navigable waters' be interpreted as extending from the coast line more than three geographical miles into the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, or more than three marine leagues into the Gulf of Mexico;

"(c) The term 'coast line' means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters;

"(d) The terms 'grantees' and 'lessees' include (without limiting the generality thereof) all political subdivisions, municipalities, public and private corporations, and other persons holding grants or lease from a State, or from its predecessor sovereign if legally validated, to lands beneath navigable waters if such grants or leases were issued in accordance with the constitution, statutes, and decisions of the courts of the State in which such lands are situated, or of its predecessor sovereign: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon said grantees or lessees any greater rights or interests other than are described herein and in their respective grants from the State. or its predecessor sovereign;

"(e) The term 'natural resources' includes, without limiting the generality thereof, oil, gas, and all other minerals, and fish, shrimp, oysters, clams, crabs, lobsters, sponges, kelp, and other marine animal and plant life but does not include water power, or the use of water for the production of power;

"(f) The term 'lands beneath navigable waters' does not include the beds of streams in lands now or heretofore constituting a part of the public lands of the United States if such streams were not meandered in connection with the public survey of such lands under the laws of the United States and if the title to the beds of such streams was lawfully patented or conveyed by the United States or any State to any person;

"(g) The term 'State' means any State of the Union;

"(h) The term 'person' includes, in addition to a natural person, an association, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a private, public, or municipal corporation;

"TITLE II

"LANDS BENEATH NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHIN STATE BOUNDARIES

"SEC. 3. RIGHTS OF THE STATES."(a) It is hereby determined and declared to be in the public interest that (1) title to and ownership of the lands

beneath navigable waters within the boundaries of the respective States, and the natural resources within such lands and waters, and (2) the right and power to manage, administer, lease, develop, and use the said lands and natural resources all in accordance with applicable State law be, and they are hereby, subject to the provisions hereof, recognized, confirmed, established, and vested in and assigned to the respective States or the persons who were on June 5, 1950, entitled thereto under the law of the respective States in which the land is located, and the respective grantees, lessees, or successors in interest thereof;

"(b) (1) The United States hereby releases and relinquishes unto said States and persons aforesaid, except as otherwise reserved herein, all right, title, and interest of the United States, if any it has, in and to all said lands, improvements, and natural resources; (2) the United States hereby releases and relinquishes all claims of the United States, if any it has, for money or damages arising out of any operations of said States or persons pursuant to State authority upon or within said lands and navigable waters; and (3) the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States shall pay to the respective States or their grantees issuing leases covering such lands or natural resources all moneys paid thereunder to the Secretary of the Interior or to the Secretary of the Navy or to the Treasurer of the United States and subject to the control of any of them or to the control of the United States on the effective date of this joint resolution, except that portion of such moneys which (1) is required to be returned to a lessee; or (2) is deductible as provided by stipulation or agreement between the United States and any of said States;

"(c) The rights, powers, and titles hereby recognized, confirmed, established, and vested in and assigned to the respective States and their grantees are subject to each lease executed by a State, or its grantee, which was in force and effect on June 5, 1950, in accordance with its terms and provisions and the laws of the State issuing, or whose grantee issued, such lease, and such rights, powers, and titles are further subject to the rights herein now granted to any person holding any such lease to continue to maintain the lease, and to conduct operations thereunder, in accordance with its provisions, for the full term thereof, and any extensions, renewals, or replacements authorized therein, or heretofore authorized by the laws of the State issuing, or whose grantee issued such lease: Provided, however, That, if oil or gas was not being produced from such lease on and before December 11, 1950, or if the primary term of such lease has expired since December 11, 1950, then for a term from the effective date hereof equal to the term remaining unexpired on December 11, 1950, under the provisions of such lease or any extensions, renewals, or replacements authorized therein, or heretofore authorized by the laws of the

State issuing, or whose grantee issued, such lease: Provided, however, That within 90 days from the effective date hereof (i) the lessee shall pay to the State or its grantee issuing such lease all rents, royalties, and other sums payable between June 5, 1950, and the effective date hereof, under such lease and the laws of the State issuing or whose grantee issued such lease, except such rents, royalties, and other sums as have been paid to the State, its grantee, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States and not refunded to the lessee; and (ii) the lessee shall file with the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy and with the State issuing or whose grantee issued such lease, instruments consenting to the payment by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States to the State or its grantee issuing the lease, of all rents, royalties, and other payments under the control of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Navy or the Treasurer of the United States or the United States which have been paid, under the lease, except such rentals, royalties, and other payments as have also been paid by the lessee to the State or its grantee;

"(d) Nothing in this joint resolution shall affect the use, development, improvement, or control by or under the constitutional authority of the United States of said lands and waters for the purposes of navigation or flood control or the production of power, or 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;

"(e) Nothing in this joint resolution shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or in any way interfere with or modify the laws of the States which lie wholly or in part westward of the 98th meridian, relating to the ownership and control of ground and surface waters; and the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of such waters shall continue to be in accordance with the laws of such States.

SEC. 4. SEAWARD BOUNDARIES.—The seaward boundary of each original coastal State is hereby approved and confirmed as a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line or, in the case of the Great Lakes to the international boundary. Any State admitted subsequent to the formation of the Union which has not already done so may extend its seaward boundaries to a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line, or to the international boundaries of the United States in the Great Lakes or any other body of water traversed by such boundaries. Any claim heretofore or hereafter asserted either by constitutional provision, statute, or otherwise, indicating the intent of a State so to extend its boundaries is hereby approved and confirmed, without prejudice to its claim, if any it has, that

its boundaries extend beyond that line. Nothing in this section is to be construed as questioning or any manner prejudicing the exist ̄nce of any State's seaward boundary beyond three geographical miles if it was so provided by its constitution or laws prior to or at the time such State became a member of the Union, or if it has been heretofore approved by Congress.

"SEC. 5. EXCEPTIONS FROM OPERATION OF SECTION 3 OF THIS JOINT RESOLUTION-There is excepted from the operation of section 3 of this joint resolution

**(a) all tracts or parcels of land together with all accretions thereto, resources therein, or improvements thereon, title to which has been lawfully and expressly acquired by the United States from any State or from any person in whom title had vested under the law of the State or of the United States, and all lands which the United States lawfully holds under the law of the State; all lands expressly retained by or c ́ded to the United States when the State entered the Union (otherwise than by a general retention or cession of lands underlying the marginal sea); all lands acquired by the United States by eminent demain proceedings, purchase, cession, gift, or otherwise in a proprietary capacity: all lands filled in, built up, or otherwise reclaimed by the United States for its own use; and any rights the United States has in lands presently and actually occupied by the United States under claim of right:

"(b) such lands beneath navigable waters held, or any interest in which is held by the United States for the benefit of any tribe, band, or group of Indians or for individual Indians; and

"(c) all structures and improvements constructed by the United States in the exercise of its navigational servitude.

"SEC. 6. POWERS RETAINED BY THE UNITED STATES.-(a) The United States retains all its navigational servitude and rights in and powers of regulation and control of said lands and navigable waters 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 rescurces which are specifically recognized, confirmed, established, and vested in and assigned to the respective States and others by section 3 of this joint resolution.

"(b) In time of war or when necessary for national defense, and the Congress or the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to purchase at the prevailing market price, all or any portion of the said natural resources, or to acquire and use any portion of said lands by proceeding in accordance with due process of law and paying just compensation therefor.

"SEC. 7. Nothing in this joint resolution shall be deemed to amend, modify, or repeal the acts of July 26, 1866 (14 Stat. 251), July 9, 1870 (16 Stat. 217), March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 377), June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

"SEC. 8. Nothing contained in this joint resolution shall affect such rights, if any, as may have been acquired under any law of the United States by any person in lands subject to this joint resolution and such rights, if any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the time they may have been acquired: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this joint resolution is intended or shall be construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress that the law under which such rights may be claimed in fact or in law applies to the lands subject to this joint resolution, or authorizes or compels the granting of such rights in such lands, and that the determination of the applicability or effect of such law shall be unaffected by anything contained in this joint resolution.

"SEC. 9. Nothing in this joint resolution shall be deemed to affect in any wise the rights of the United States to the natural resources of that portion of the subsoil and seabed of the Continental Shelf lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters, as defined in section 2 hereof, all of which natural resources appertain to the United States, and the jurisdiction and control of which by the United States is hereby confirmed.

"SEC. 10. Executive Order Numbered 10426, dated January 16, 1953, entitled 'Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental Shelf as a Naval Petroleum Reserve', is hereby revoked insofar as it applies to any lands beneath navigable waters as defined in section 2 hereof.

"SEC. 11. SEPARABILITY.-If any provision of this joint resolution, or any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the joint resolution and of the application of any such provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if subsection 3 (a) 1, 3 (a) 2, 3(b) 1, 3 (b) 2, 3 (b) 3, or 3 (c) or any provision of any of those subsections is held invalid, such subsection or provision shall be held separable and the remaining subsections and provisions shall not be affected thereby."

Insert the following:

That (a) the provisions of this section shall apply to all mineral leases covering submerged lands of the Continental Shelf issued by any State or political subdivision or grantee thereof (including any extension, renewal, or replacement thereof heretofore granted pursuant to such lease or under the laws of such State): Provided

(1) That such lease, or a true copy thereof, shall have been filed with the Secretary by the lessee or his duly authorized agent within ninety days from the effective date of this Act, or within such further period or periods as may be fixed from time to time by the Secretary;

(2) That such lease was issued (i) prior to December 21, 1948, and was on June 5, 1950, in force and effect in accordance with its terms and provisions and the law of the State issuing it, or (ii) with the approval of the Secretary and was on the effective date of this Act in force and effect in accordance with its terms and provisions and the law of the State issuing it;

(3) That within the time specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, there shall have been filed with the Secretary (i) a certificate issued by the State official or agency having jurisdiction and stating that the lease was in force and effect as required by the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection or (ii) in the absence of such certificate, evidence in the form of affidavits, receipts, canceled checks, or other documents, and the Secretary shall determine whether such lease was so in force and effect;

(4) That except as otherwise provided in section 3 hereof, all rents, royalties, and other sums payable under such a lease between June 5, 1950, and the effective date of this act, which have not been paid in accordance with the provisions thereof, and all rents, royalties, and other sums payable under such a lease after the effective date of this Act shall be paid to the Secretary, who shall deposit them in a special fund in the Treasury to be disposed of as hereinafter provided;

(5) That the holder of such lease certifies that such lease shall continue to be subject to the overriding royalty obligations existing on the effective date of this Act;

(6) That such lease was not obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;

(7) That such lease, if issued on or after June 23, 1947, was issued upon the basis of competitive bidding;

(8) That such lease provides for a royalty to the lessor of not less than 122 per centum in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold from the lease: Provided, however, That if the lease provides for a lesser royalty, the holder thereof may bring it within the provisions of this paragraph by consenting in writing, filed with the Secretary, to the increase of the royalty to the minimum herein specified;

(9) That such lease will terminate within a period of not more than five years from the effective date of this Act in the absence of production or operations for drilling: Provided, however, That if the lease provides for a longer period, the holder thereof may bring it within the provisions of this paragraph by consenting in writing, filed with the Secretary, to the reduc

tion of such period, so that it will not exceed the maximum period herein specified; and

(10) That the holder of such lease furnishes such surety bond, if any, as the Secretary may require and complies with such other requirements as the Secretary may deem to be reasonable and necessary to protect the interests of the United States.

(b) Any person holding a mineral lease which comes within the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, as determined by the Secretary, may continue to maintain such lease, and may conduct operations thereunder, in accordance with its provisions for the full term thereof and of any extension, renewal, or replacement authorized therein or heretofore authorized by the law of the State issuing such lease: Provided, however, That if oil or gas was not being produced from such lease on or before December 11, 1950, then for a term from the effective date hereof equal to the term remaining unexpired on December 11, 1950, under the provisions of such lease or any extensions, renewals, or replacements authorized therein, or heretofore authorized by the laws of the State issuing, or whose grantee issued, such lease. A negative determination under this subsection may be made by the Secretary only after giving to the holder of the lease notice and an opportunity to be heard.

(c) With respect to any mineral lease that is within the scope of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall exercise such powers of supervision and control as may be vested in the lessor by law or the terms and provisions of the lease.

(d) The permission granted in subsection (b) of this section shall not be construed to be a waiver of such claims, if any, as the United States may have against the lessor or the lessee or any other person respecting sums payable or paid for or under the lease or respecting activities conducted under the lease, prior to the effective date of this Act.

Sec. 2. The Secretary is authorized, with the approval of the Attorney General of the United States, and upon the application of any lessor or lessee of a mineral lease issued by or under the authority of a State, its political subdivision or grantee, on tidelands or submerged lands beneath navigable inland waters within the boundaries of such State, to certify that the United States dces not claim any proprietary interest in such lands or in the mineral deposits within them. The authority granted in this section shall not apply to rights of the United States in lands (a) which have been lawfully acquired by the United States from any State, either at the time of its admission into the Union or thereafter, or from any person in whom such rights had vested under the law of a State or under a treaty or other arrangement between the United States and a foreign power, or otherwise, or from a grantee or successor in interest of a State or such person; or (b) which were owned by the United States at the time of the

admission of a State into the Union and which were expressly retained by the United States; cr (c) which the United States lawfully holds under the law of the State in which the lands are situated; or (d) which are held by the United States in trust for the benefit of any person or persons, including any tribe, band, or group of Indians or for individual Indians.

Sec. 3. In the event of a controversy between the United States and a State as to whether or not lands are submerged lands beneath navigable inland waters. the Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of section 1 of this Act, and with the concurrence of the Attorney General of the United States, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the State, its political subdivision or grantee or a lessee thereof, respecting operations under existing mineral leases and payment and impounding of rents, royalties, and other sums payable thereunder, or with the State, its political subdivision or grantee, respecting the issuance or nonissuance of new mineral leases pending the settlement or adjudication of the controversy: Provided, however, That the authorization contained in this section shall not be construed to be a limitation upon the authority conferred on the Secretary in other sections of this Act. Payments made pursuant to such agreement, or pursuant to any stipulation between the United States and a State shall be considered as compliance with section 1 (a) (4) hereof. Upon the termination of such agreement or stipulation by reason of the final settlement or adjudication of such controversy, if the lands subject to any mineral lease are determined to be in whole or in part submerged land of the Continental Shelf, the lessee, if he has not already done so, shall comply with the requirements of section 1 (a), and thereupon the provisions of section 1 (b) shall govern such lease. The following stipulations and authorizations are hereby approved and confirmed: (i) The stipulation entered into in the case of United States against California, between the Attorney General of the United States and the attorney general of California, dated July 26, 1947, relating to certain bays and harbors in the State of California; (ii) the stipulation entered into in the case of United States against State of California, between the Attorney General of the United States and the attorney general of California, dated July 26, 1947, relating to the continuance of oil and gas operations in the submerged lands within the boundaries of the State of California and herein referred to as the operating stipulation; (ii) the stipulation entered into in the case of United States against State of California, between the Attorney General of the United States and the attorney general of California, dated July 28, 1948, extending the term of said operating stipulation; (iv) the stipulation entered into in the case of United States against State of California, between the Attorney General of the United States and the attorney general of California, dated August 2, 1949, further extending

the term of said operating stipulation; (v) the stipulation entered into in the case of United States against State of California, between the Attorney General cf the United States and the attorney general of California, dated August 21, 1950, further extending and revising said operating stipulation; (vi) the stipulation entered into in the case of United States against State of California, between the Attorney General of the United States and the attorney general of California, dated September 4, 1951, further extending and revising and operating stipulation; (vii) the notice concerning "Oil and Gas Operations in the Submerged Coastal Lands of the Gulf of Merico" issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 11, 1950 (15 F. R. 8835), as amended by the notice dated January 26, 1951 (16 F. R. 953), and as supplemented by the notices dated February 2, 1951 (16 F. R. 1203), March 5, 1951 (16 F. R. 2195), April 23, 1951 (16 F. R. 3623), June 25, 1951 (16 F. R. 6404), August 22, 1951 (16 F. R. 8720), October 24, 1951 (16 F. R. 10998), and December 21, 1951 (17 F. R. 43), respectively.

Sec. 4. (a) In order to meet the urgent need during the present emergency for further exploration and development of the oil and gas deposits in the submerged lands of the Continental Shelf, the Secretary is authorized, pending the enactment of further legislation on the subject, to grant to the qualified persons offering the highest bonuses on a basis of competitive bidding, oil and gas leases on submerged lands of the Continental Shelf which are not covered by leases within the scope of subsection (a) of section 1 of this Act.

(b) A lease issued by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall cover an area of such size and dimensions as the Secretary may determine, shall be for a period of five years and as long thereafter as oil or gas may be produced from the area in paying quantities, or drilling or well reworking operations as approved by the Secretary are conducted thereon, shall require the payment of a royalty of not less than 1212 percentum, and shall contain such rental provisions and such other terms and provisions as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe in advance of offering the area for lease.

(c) All moneys paid to the Secretary for or under leases granted pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury to be disposed of as hereinafter provided.

(d) The issuance of any lease by the Secretary pursuant to this section 4 of this Act, or the refusal of the Secretary to certify that the United States does not claim any interest in any submerged lands pursuant to section 2 of this Act, shall not prejudice the ultimate settlement or adjudication of the question as to whether or not the area involved is submerged land beneath navigable inland waters.

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section

(1) all moneys received under the provisions of this Act shall be held in a special account in the Treasury and shall be used exclusively as grants-in

aid of primary, secondary, and higher education as Congress may determine; and

(2) it shall be the duty of every State or political subdivision or grantee thereof having issued any mineral lease cr grant, or leases or grants, covering submerged lands of the Continental Shelf to file with the Attorney General of the United States on or before December 31, 1953, a statement of the moneys or other things of value received by such State or political subdivision or grantee from or on account of such lease or grant, or leases or grants, since January 1, 1940, and the Attorney General shall submit the statements so received to the Congress not later than February 1, 1954.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to moneys received and held pursuant to any stipulation or agreement referred to in section 3 of this Act pending the settlement or adjudication of the controversy.

Sec. 6. (a) The President may, from time to time, withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the Continental Shelf and reserve them for the use of the United States in the interest of national security.

(b) In time of war, or when the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to purchase at the market price all or any portion of the oil and gas produced from the submerged lands covered by this Act.

(c) All leases issued under this Act, and leases, the maintenance and operation of which are authorized under this Act, shall contain or be construed to contain a provision whereby authority is vested in the Secretary, upon a_recommendation of the Secretary of Defense, during a state of war or national emergency declared by the Congress or the President after the effective date of this Act, to suspend operations under, or to terminate any lease: and all such leases shall contain or be construed to contain provisions for the payment of just compensation to the lessee whose operations are thus suspended or whose lease is thus terminated.

Sec. 7. Nothing herein contained shall affect such rights, if any, as may have been acquired under any law of the United States by any person on lands subject to this Act and such rights, if any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the time they may have been acquired: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained is intended or shall be construed as a finding, intepretation, or construction by the Congress that the law under which such rights may be claimed in fact applies to the lands subject to this Act or authorizes or compels the granting of such rights of such lands. and that the determination of the applicability or effect of such law shall be unaffected by anything herein contained. Sec. 8. The United States consents that the respective States may regulate, manage, and administer the taking, conservation, and development of all fish, shrimp, oysters, clams, crabs, lobsters, sponges, kelp, and other marine animal and plant life within the area of the sub