30 U.S.C. § 1443

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 1443 - Protection of interim investments

In order to further the objectives set forth in section 1441 of this title, the Administrator, not more than one year after June 28, 1980-

(1) shall submit to the Congress proposed legislation necessary for the United States to implement a system for the protection of interim investments that has been adopted as part of an international agreement and any resolution relating to such international agreement; or

(2) if a system for the protection of interim investments has not been so adopted, shall report to the Congress on the status of negotiations relating to the establishment of such a system.

30 U.S.C. § 1443

Pub. L. 96-283, title II, §203, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 576.

Administrator

"Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

United States

"United States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and

international agreement

"international agreement" means a comprehensive agreement concluded through negotiations at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, relating to (among other matters) the exploration for and commercial recovery of hard mineral resources and the establishment of an international regime for the regulation thereof;