[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3249 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3249

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
  To authorize appropriations for a mining institute or institutes to 
develop domestic technological capabilities for the recovery of minerals 
            from the Nation's seabed, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SEABED MINERALS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2(a) of the Mining 
and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984 (30 U.S.C. 
1222(a)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than 
$1,800,000 for each of the fiscal years after fiscal year 1996 to be 
made available by the Secretary to an institute or institutes 
experienced in investigating the continental shelf regions of the 
United States, the deep seabed and near shore environments of islands, 
and the Arctic and cold water regions as a source for nonfuel minerals. 
Such funds are to be used by the institute or institutes to assist in 
developing domestic technological capabilities required for the 
location of, and the efficient and environmentally sound recovery of, 
minerals (other than oil and gas) from the Nation's shallow and deep 
seabed.''.
    (b) Short Title.--Section 11 of such Act (30 U.S.C. 1201 note) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 11. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the `Mining and Mineral Resources 
Institutes Act'.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.