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30 U.S.C. § 1411

Prohibited activities by United States citizens

United States · Title 30 — MINERAL LANDS AND MINING · Status: effective

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30 U.S.C. § 1411, Prohibited activities by United States citizens, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467276
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No United States citizen may engage in any exploration or commercial recovery unless authorized to do so under— The prohibitions of this subsection shall not apply to any of the following activities: Subsection (a)(1)(A) shall not be deemed to prohibit any United States citizen who is engaged in exploration before June 28, 1980, from continuing to engage in such exploration— No United States citizen may interfere or participate in interference with any activity conducted by any licensee or permittee which is authorized to be undertaken under a license or permit issued by the United States to the licensee or permittee under this chapter or with any activity conducted by the holder of, and authorized to be undertaken under, a license or permit or equivalent authorization issued by a reciprocating state for the exploration or commercial recovery of hard mineral resources. United States citizens shall exercise their rights on the high seas with reasonable regard for the interests of other states in their exercise of the freedoms of the high seas.

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  • Enacted byPub. L. 96-283(H.R. 2759)1980-06-28
    An act to establish an interim procedure for the orderly development of hard mineral resources in the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relating thereto, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally