30 USC § 1443 - Protection of interim investments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1443"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1443 - Protection of interim investments"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1443"
section_name: "Protection of interim investments"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–283, title II, § 203, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 576.)"
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# § 1443. Protection of interim investments

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–283, title II, § 203, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 576.)