43 U.S.C. § 983 : US Code - Section 983: Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

Search 43 U.S.C. § 983 : US Code - Section 983: Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, to make
accurate lists and plats of all such lands, and transmit the same
to the governors of the several States in which such lands may lie,
and at the request of the governor of any State in which said swamp
and overflowed lands may be, to cause patents to be issued to said
State therefor, conveying to said State the fee simple of said
land.
The proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct
appropriation in kind, shall be applied exclusively, as far as
necessary, to the reclaiming said lands, by means of levees and
drains.