§1442 Effect of International Agreement

Summary

When an international agreement becomes binding on the United States, any parts of these laws and the rules made under them that do not conflict with the agreement will still apply to United States citizens. When putting the agreement into effect, the Administrator, working with the Secretary of State, must try as much as the agreement allows to let U.S. citizens who were already doing seabed exploration or commercial recovery continue their work. The Administrator must report to Congress within one year after the agreement starts. The report must describe the status of U.S. deep seabed mining operations under the agreement and say whether U.S. citizens who were doing exploration or commercial recovery when the agreement began have been allowed to keep operating.