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Vol. 85
Friday,
No. 182
September 18, 2020
Part V
The President
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Proclamation 10071--Revision to United States Marine Scientific
Research Policy
Proclamation 10072--Patriot Day, 2020
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10071 of September 9, 2020
Revision to United States Marine Scientific
Research Policy
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982 (Convention) generally reflects
customary international law. Section 3 of Part XIII of
the Convention provides that coastal states, in the
exercise of their jurisdiction, have the right to
regulate, authorize, and conduct marine scientific
research in their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and on
their continental shelf. Marine scientific research in
the EEZ or on the continental shelf shall be conducted
with the consent of the coastal state.
In Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (Exclusive
Economic Zone of the United States of America), the
President announced the establishment of the EEZ of the
United States. The Proclamation asserts the sovereign
rights and jurisdiction of the United States in its EEZ
and confirms the rights and freedoms of all states, as
provided under international law. In an accompanying
Presidential Statement of March 10, 1983 (United States
Oceans Policy), the President acknowledged that
international law allows coastal states to exercise
jurisdiction over marine scientific research in their
respective EEZs, but stated that the United States had
elected not to do so to the fullest extent permitted
under international law, in an effort to encourage such
research. Presidential Decision Directive-36 of April
5, 1995 (United States Policy on Protecting the Ocean
Environment), emphasizes that the policy of the United
States is to protect and monitor the ocean and coastal
environment and conserve living marine resources,
recognizing that doing so, in an open and collaborative
manner, supports our economic and national security
interests.
In Executive Order 13840 of June 19, 2018 (Ocean Policy
to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental
Interests of the United States), I reaffirmed that the
United States will continue to promote lawful use of
the ocean by agencies, including the Armed Forces, and
that the United States will continue to exercise its
rights and jurisdiction and perform duties in
accordance with applicable international law, including
customary international law. Further, the United States
will use the best available ocean-related science and
knowledge, in partnership with the science and
technology communities, to inform decisions and enhance
entrepreneurial opportunities. In the Presidential
Memorandum of November 19, 2019 (Ocean Mapping of the
United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline
and Nearshore of Alaska), I affirmed the importance of
understanding our ocean systems and natural resources
to our security, economic, and environmental interests.
Likewise, the exercise of jurisdiction by the United
States over marine scientific research in its EEZ and
on its continental shelf will result in greater access
to data collected during such research and will
increase maritime domain awareness, thereby reducing
potential exposure to security, economic, and
environmental risks.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim the following:
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Section 1. Policy. The United States will exercise its
right to regulate, authorize, and conduct marine
scientific research, with a specific requirement to
authorize, in advance, all instances of foreign marine
scientific research, in the United States EEZ and on
its continental shelf to the extent permitted under
international law.
Sec. 2. Implementation. The Secretary of State
(Secretary) shall have lead responsibility for
implementing this proclamation, in consultation with
relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies)
and with the Ocean Policy Committee established in
Executive Order 13840 (Ocean Policy Committee).
Sec. 3. Intelligence. The Intelligence Community of the
Federal Government shall support the implementation of
this proclamation, as appropriate.
Sec. 4. Information Sharing. To facilitate the process
for reviewing applications for marine scientific
research, agencies not part of the Intelligence
Community shall share information related to marine
scientific research with the Department of State, to
the maximum extent authorized by law.
Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in
effect until terminated by the President. At any time,
but not less frequently than every 2 years from the
date of this proclamation, the Secretary may recommend
that the President modify or terminate this
proclamation. Any such recommendation by the Secretary
shall be coordinated with the National Security Council
staff and the Ocean Policy Committee.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented
consistent with applicable law and subject to the
availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
(Presidential Sig.)
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