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[CITE: 43USC2106]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                    CHAPTER 39--ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS
 
Sec. 2106. Relationship to other laws


(a) Law of salvage and law of finds

    The law of salvage and the law of finds shall not apply to abandoned 
shipwrecks to which section 2105 of this title applies.

(b) Laws of United States

    This chapter shall not change the laws of the United States relating 
to shipwrecks, other than those to which this chapter applies.

(c) Effective date

    This chapter shall not affect any legal proceeding brought prior to 
April 28, 1988.

(Pub. L. 100-298, Sec. 7, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 434.)
