American Seabed Protection Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4537 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4537 To prohibit certain mining activities on the deep seabed and Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 11, 2023 Mr. Case (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit certain mining activities on the deep seabed and Outer Continental Shelf, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Seabed Protection Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN MINING ACTIVITIES ON DEEP SEABED AND OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) As determined by the United Nations, most recently in its Sustainable Developme…