43 U.S.C. § 2101 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 43. Public Lands § 2101. Findings

(a) States have the responsibility for management of a broad range of living and nonliving resources in State waters and submerged lands; and

(b) included in the range of resources are certain abandoned shipwrecks, which have been deserted and to which the owner has relinquished ownership rights with no retention.