Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 26 — Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources
§ 1442. Effect of international agreement
Statutory text
If an international agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, any provision of subchapter I, this subchapter, or subchapter III, and any regulation issued under any such provision, which is not inconsistent with such international agreement shall continue in effect with respect to United States citizens. In the implementation of such international agreement the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the provisions of that agreement, to provide for the continued operation of exploration and commercial recovery activities undertaken by United States citizens prior to entry into force of the agreement. The Administrator shall submit to the Congress, within one year after the date of such entry into force, a report on the actions taken by the Administrator under this section, which report shall include, but not be limited to—
a description of the status of deep seabed mining operations of United States citizens under the international agreement; and
an assessment of whether United States citizens who were engaged in exploration or commercial recovery on the date such agreement entered into force have been permitted to continue their operations.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act
Pub. L. 96–283 title II § 202 · 94 Stat. 553
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1442
(Pub. L. 96–283, title II, § 202, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 576.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–283, title II, § 202, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 576.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 202. EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT. If an international agreement enters into force with respect to the Ante, p. 557. United States, any provision of title I, this title, or title III, and any regulation issued under any such provision, which is not inconsistent with such international agreement shall continue in effect with respect to United States citizens. In the implementation of such international agreement the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the provisions of that agreement, to provide for the continued operation of exploration and commercial recovery activities undertaken by United States citizens prior to Report to Congress. entry into force of the agreement. The Administrator shall submit to the Congress, within one year after the date of such entry into force, a report on the actions taken by the Administrator under this section, which report shall include, but not be limited to— (1) a description of the status of deep seabed mining operations of United States citizens under the international agreement; and (2) an assessment of whether United States citizens who were engaged in exploration or commercial recovery on the date such agreement entered into force have been permitted to continue their operations.
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