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Union Calendar No. 202 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2803 

[Report No. 112–302] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the 

shallow and deep seabed of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 5, 2011 

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 1, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 5, 2011] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural 

gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United 

States. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY, 

4 AND STUDY OF SHALLOW AND DEEP SEABED 

5 MINERALS. 

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior, 

7 acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

8 Regulation and Enforcement and the United States Geo9 logical Survey and in consultation with the heads of other 

10 appropriate Federal agencies, shall conduct— 

11 (1) an inventory of existing data on offshore 

12 mineral resources, other than oil and natural gas, 

13 and an analysis of existing samples of such offshore 

14 minerals, to identify and quantify known resources; 

15 (2) an assessment of all available domestic tech16 nological capabilities required for the location and the 

17 efficient and environmentally sound recovery of such 

18 minerals from the shallow and deep seabed of the 

19 United States; 

20 (3) an economic feasibility study on the recovery 

21 of such minerals; and 

22 (4) an assessment of the environmental and safe23 ty risks associated with shallow and deep sea mineral 

24 production, other than oil and natural gas. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—No later than 2 years after the date of 

2 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 

3 to Congress containing the findings and recommendations 

4 of the inventory, assessment, and study under this section. 

5 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘‘shallow 

6 and deep seabed of the United States’’— 

7 (1) means areas of the seabed that are contiguous 

8 to and within 200 miles of the territorial sea of the 

9 United States and the resources of which are subject 

10 to its jurisdiction or control; and 

11 (2) includes such areas that are contiguous to 

12 and within 200 miles of the territorial sea around 

13 any inhabited and uninhabited territory or possession 

14 of the United States including American Samoa, the 

15 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

16 Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Midway Is17 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, 

18 Marshall Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Baker, 

19 Howland, and Jarvis Islands, Kingman Reef, 

20 Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, Bajo Nuevo Bank, 

21 and Palmyra Atoll. 

22 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

24 this Act $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 

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bility assessment, inventory, and economic feasibility 

study regarding the recovery of minerals, other than oil 

and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the 

United States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 202 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2803 

[Report No. 112–302] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

States. the shallow and deep seabed of the United minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from economic feasibility study regarding recovery of technological capability assessment, survey, and ment, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a through the Bureau of Ocean Energy ManageDECEMBER 1, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:16 Dec 01, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2803.RH H2803

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