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    "ocrText": "stood in the law of the sea: -\nagreement, but to provide a flexible designation under.\nterritorial\nuse further, may,\nthat property That which the is President now being used from for\nparticular juncture means those seas which are\nat this\ntime to to or the interests Free Associated in lands or State other of property Puerto\nRico\nconceived of as part of the responsibility of\nbe they three miles, be they twelve miles,\nthose lands, the United States which in his judgment are no longer\nbuildings now\npolitic\nthey the 200 miles that is being claimed. So\nbe\nthe purpos\nutilized by for the purposes of the United States. The President of\nis to\nmake the distinction between\nfree seas and temp.\nnecessary from time to time, accept by grant from\ntorial seas.\" 1\nPuerto United Rico, States any needed may, for buildings public purposes other by the interests United or States. property\nthe lands, or\nThe remainder of section 2 of the Compact establishes\nwhich may be\nthe scope of self-government reserved by the people\nof\nb. Navigable Waters\nPuerto Rico within the concept of permanent union\nharbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of water\nfounded upon common citizenship, common currency,\nThe submerged land underlying the same in and around the Island\ncommon defense and common market. It also clearly\nand Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters not reserved by\nestablishes the Supreme Court of the United States as the\nof United States for public purposes nor alienated in any other\nfinal arbiter of the meaning and application of the Consti.\nthe shall become and shall continue to be the property of the\ntution of the United States and the Compact of Permanent\nway, Associated State; Provided, That the laws of the United\nUnion Between Puerto Rico and the United States.\nStates Free for the protection and improvement of the navigable waters\nFurther, in recognition of the unique form of self.\nof the United States and the preservation of the interests of\ngovernment and self-determination envisioned in this\nnavigation and commerce, shall continue in force as at present,\nCompact, a procedure has been included which will permit\nunless contrary agreed to; Provided, further, That nothing con-\nPuerto Rico to participate in international organizations\ntained in this Compact shall be construed so as to affect or impair\nand to make commercial, educational, cultural, health and\nin any manner the terms or conditions of any authorizations,\nsimilar agreements with other countries, when consistent\npermits or other powers heretofore lawfully granted or exercised\nwith the foreign policy of the United States, as determined\nin or in respect of said waters and submerged land in and sur-\nby the President of the United States and the Governor of\nrounding said Island and its adjacent islands by the Secretary of\nPuerto Rico on a case-by-case basis.\nDefense or other authorized officer or agent of the United States.\n3. Legal Title to Crown Lands and Navigable Waters\n3. Legal Title to Crown Lands and Navigable Waters\na. Lands\nThis section of the Compact substantially adopts\nAll property which may have been acquired in Puerto Rico by\nsimilar provisions of Public Law 600 regarding lands and\nthe United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace\nnavigable waters. However, a change has been introduced\nboth in subsection a which deals with lands acquired\nentered into on December 10, 1898, and to which the United\nfrom Spain and subsection b which deals with navigable\nStates holds title, shall become the property of the Free As-\nwaters.\nsociated State; Provided, That the United States may continue to\nSection 7 of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act\n1\nPublic Record of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto Rico, Transcript\nprovides:\nof Proceedings, Thursday, July 10, 1975, page 32.\n14\n15"
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