48 U.S.C. § 1411
Guano districts; claim by United States
Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Kingman Reef Atoll Investments, L.L.C. v. United States, 541 F.3d 1189 (9th Cir. 2008).
Kingman Reef Atoll Investments, L.L.C. v. United States, 541 F.3d 1189 (9th Cir. 2008). “48 U.S.C. § 1411 . 5 . Section 2409a(e) of the QTA provides: If the United States disclaims all interest in the real property or interest therein adverse to the plaintiff at any time prior to the actual commencement of the trial, which disclaimer is confirmed by order of the…”
Paul E. Farrell Frances G. Farrell v. United States, 313 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2002). “48 U.S.C. § 1411 states: Guano districts; claim by United States— Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not oc *1217 cupied by the citizens of any other…”
Kingman Reef Atoll Investments, L.L.C. v. United States, 116 Fed. Cl. 708 (Fed. Cl. 2014). “15 First, the GAO noted that seven of the nine United States insular areas, 16 including Kingman Reef, were initially claimed for the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. §§ 1411— 1419. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of…”
Warren, William A. v. United States, 234 F.3d 1331 (D.C. Cir. 2000). “48 U.S.C. §§ 1411 , 1412. Upon giving the appropriate notice, “[t]he discoverer, or his assigns .”
United States v. Victor Everette Silvers, 129 F.4th 332 (6th Cir. 2025). “See 48 U.S.C. § 1411 . (Guano is bird excrement used to make fertilizer and gunpowder.”
Kingman Reef Atoll v. United States, No. 07-16817 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2008). “48 U.S.C. § 1411 . 12218 KINGMAN REEF v. UNITED STATES C KRAI argues that even if its predecessors in interest should have known that the United States had claimed an interest in Kingman Reef at one time, the United States subsequently abandoned that interest and the statute of…”
Legal Issues Raised by Proposed Presidential Proclamation to Extend the Territorial Sea (OLC 1988). “gress has authonzed the extension of United States’ control to guano islands discovered and occupied by citizens of the United States The Guano Islands Act provided: Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within…”
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