HRES 18 · 96th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the United Nations Conference on the law of the Sea and urging the establishment of a Common Heritage Fund.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on International Relations (Subsequently: Foreign Affairs).(1979-01-15)
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States should continue to work for a law of the sea treaty; (2) such treaty should assure certain traditional freedoms of the sea and also provide protection for the marine environment; (3) an international authority should be created to regulate the exploitation of deep ocean minerals; and (4) a Common Heritage Fund to help developing nations fight pollution should be established from such ocean mineral revenues.…
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