Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§1443 Protection of Interim Investments
Title 30 › CHAPTER 26 — DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES › SUBCHAPTER II — TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT › § 1443
Summary
The Administrator must, not more than one year after June 28, 1980, either send Congress draft laws to put into effect any international system (and related resolutions) for protecting interim investments, or, if no such system exists, report to Congress on how negotiations to create one are progressing.
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Title 30, §1443
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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30 U.S.C. § 1443
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102