§ 1441. — Declaration of Congressional intent.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1441]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 26--DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER II--TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
Sec. 1441. Declaration of Congressional intent
It is the intent of Congress--
(1) that any international agreement to which the United States
becomes a party should, in addition to promoting other national
oceans objectives--
(A) provide assured and nondiscriminatory access, under
reasonable terms and conditions, to the hard mineral resources
of the deep seabed for United States citizens, and
(B) provide security of tenure by recognizing the rights of
United States citizens who have undertaken exploration or
commercial recovery under subchapter I of this chapter before
such agreement enters into force with respect to the United
States to continue their operations under terms, conditions, and
restrictions which do not impose significant new economic
burdens upon such citizens with respect to such operations with
the effect of preventing the continuation of such operations on
a viable economic basis;
(2) that the extent to which any such international agreement
conforms to the provisions of paragraph (1) should be determined by
the totality of the provisions of such agreement, including, but not
limited to, the practical implications for the security of
investments of any discretionary powers granted to an international
regulatory body, the structures and decisionmaking procedures of
such body, the availability of impartial and effective procedures
for the settlement of disputes, and any features that tend to
discriminate against exploration and commercial recovery activities
undertaken by United States citizens; and
(3) that this chapter should be transitional pending--
(A) the adoption of an international agreement at the Third
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, and the
entering into force of such agreement, or portions thereof, with
respect to the United States, or
(B) if such adoption is not forthcoming, the negotiation of
a multilateral or other treaty concerning the deep seabed, and
the entering into force of such treaty with respect to the
United States.
(Pub. L. 96-283, title II, Sec. 201, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 575.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1443, 1444 of this title.
