HR 2803 · 112th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

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.

Introduced 2011-08-05· Sponsored by Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 202.(2011-12-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct: (1) an assessment of all available domestic technological capabilities required for the location and the efficient and environmentally sound recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States; (2) a survey of the shallow and deep seabed of the United States to identify sites for the recovery of such minerals; and (3) an economic feasibility study on the recovery of such minerals. Defines "shallow and deep seabed of the United States" as areas of the seabed 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. Includes in that definition 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, Midway I…

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CBO Cost Estimate

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H.R. 2803, 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 se

Nov 1, 2011

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011

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