United States Code, Title 43, Chapter 29 is entitled "Submerged Lands." Below
are some salient points that pertain to our interest in boundaries.

Subchapter I is entitled "General Provisions." It consists of 43 USC 1301-1303.

Section 1301(b)
The term ''boundaries'' includes the seaward boundaries of a
State or its boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico or any of the Great
Lakes as they existed at the time such State became a member of the
Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, or as extended or
confirmed pursuant to section 1312 of this title but in no event
shall the term ''boundaries'' or the term ''lands beneath navigable
waters'' be interpreted as extending from the coast line more than
three geographical miles into the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific
Ocean, or more than three marine leagues into the Gulf of Mexico,
except that any boundary between a State and the United States
under this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter which has
been or is hereafter fixed by coordinates under a final decree of
the United States Supreme Court shall remain immobilized at the
coordinates provided under such decree and shall not be ambulatory;

Subchapter II is entitled "Lands Beneath Navigable Waters Within State
Boundaries." It consists of 43 USC 1311-1315.

Section 1312
The seaward boundary of each original coastal State is approved
and confirmed as a line three geographical miles distant from its
coast line or, in the case of the Great Lakes, to the international
boundary. Any State admitted subsequent to the formation of the
Union which has not already done so may extend its seaward
boundaries to a line three geographical miles distant from its
coast line, or to the international boundaries of the United States
in the Great Lakes or any other body of water traversed by such
boundaries. Any claim heretofore or hereafter asserted either by
constitutional provision, statute, or otherwise, indicating the
intent of a State so to extend its boundaries is approved and
confirmed, without prejudice to its claim, if any it has, that its
boundaries extend beyond that line. Nothing in this section is to
be construed as questioning or in any manner prejudicing the
existence of any State's seaward boundary beyond three geographical
miles if it was so provided by its constitution or laws prior to or
at the time such State became a member of the Union, or if it has
been heretofore approved by Congress.

Subchapter III is entitled "Outer Continental Shelf Lands." It consists of 43
USC 1331-1356a.

1333(a)(2)(A)
To the extent that they are applicable and not
inconsistent with this subchapter or with other Federal laws and
regulations of the Secretary now in effect or hereafter adopted,
the civil and criminal laws of each adjacent State, now in effect
or hereafter adopted, amended, or repealed are declared to be the
law of the United States for that portion of the subsoil and seabed
of the outer Continental Shelf, and artificial islands and fixed
structures erected thereon, which would be within the area of the
State if its boundaries were extended seaward to the outer margin
of the outer Continental Shelf, and the President shall determine
and publish in the Federal Register such projected lines extending
seaward and defining each such area. All of such applicable laws
shall be administered and enforced by the appropriate officers and
courts of the United States. State taxation laws shall not apply to
the outer Continental Shelf.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA