Federal · Title 43 — Public Lands
43 U.S.C. § 2106: Relationship to other laws
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The law of salvage and the law of finds shall not apply to abandoned shipwrecks to which section 2105 of this title applies. This chapter shall not change the laws of the United States relating to shipwrecks, other than those to which this chapter applies. This chapter shall not affect any legal proceeding brought prior to April 28, 1988 .
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