Offshore Areas Established as Mineral Reservation.
Section 10
SEC. 10. Offshore Areas Established as Mineral Reservation. - All submerged lands beneath the territorial waters and on the continental shelf or its analogue in an archipelago, are hereby established as mineral reservations subject to existing rights and the President may declare these reservations, or parts thereof, open or closed to mining location to be disposed of in the same manner as other mineral reservations. Submerged lands are those under water during low tide as determined by the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey.