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3- Legal Title to Crown Lands and Navigable Waters
a. Lands
All property which may have been acquired in Puerto Rico
by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of
peace entered into on December 10, 1898, and to which the United
States holds title, shall become the property of the Free Associated
State; Provided, That the United States may continue to use
for public purposes that property which is now being used for such
purposes; Provided, further, That the President may, from time to
time, convey to the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico those
lands, buildings or interests in lands or other property now
utilized by the United States which in his judgment are no longer
necessary for the purposes of the United States. The President
of the United States may, from time to time, accept by grant
from Puerto Rico, any lands, buildings or other interests or
property which may be needed for public purposes by the United
States.
FOAD
b. Navigable Waters
The harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of
water and submerged land underlying the same and around the
Island of Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters not
reserved by the United States for public purposes nor alienated
in any other way, shall become and shall continue to be the
property of the Free Associated State; Provided, That the laws
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