[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 2803 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 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.


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                    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.


 


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

SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY, AND STUDY OF SHALLOW 
              AND DEEP SEABED MINERALS.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and 
the United States Geological Survey and in consultation with the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall conduct--
            (1) an inventory of existing data on offshore mineral 
        resources, other than oil and natural gas, and an analysis of 
        existing samples of such offshore minerals, to identify and 
        quantify known resources;
            (2) an assessment of all available domestic technological 
        capabilities required for the location and the efficient and 
        environmentally sound recovery of such minerals from the 
        shallow and deep seabed of the United States;
            (3) an economic feasibility study on the recovery of such 
        minerals; and
            (4) an assessment of the environmental and safety risks 
        associated with shallow and deep sea mineral production, other 
        than oil and natural gas.
    (b) Report.--No later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress containing 
the findings and recommendations of the inventory, assessment, and 
study under this section.
    (c) Definition.--In this section the term ``shallow and deep seabed 
of the United States''--
            (1) means areas of the seabed that are contiguous to and 
        within 200 miles of the territorial sea of the United States 
        and the resources of which are subject to its jurisdiction or 
        control; and
            (2) includes such areas that are contiguous to and within 
        200 miles of the territorial sea around any inhabited and 
        uninhabited territory or possession of the United States 
        including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Midway 
        Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall 
        Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Baker, Howland, and 
        Jarvis Islands, Kingman Reef, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, 
        Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Palmyra Atoll.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act $500,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to direct the 
        Secretary of the Interior to conduct a technological capability 
        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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 202

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2803

                          [Report No. 112-302]

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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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                            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