RESOLUTIONS EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO VESTING TITLE TO THE OCEAN FLOOR 



IN THE UNITED NATIONS* 



H.J. Res. 816 — Hon. James A. Bvrne, Pa. 

 H.J. Res. 817— Hon. Frank M. Clark, Pa. 

 H.J. Res. 818— Hon. Thomas N. Downing, Va. 

 H.J. Res. 819 — Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, Md. 

 H.J. Res. 820— Hon. Richard T. Hanna, Calif. 

 H.J. Res. 821— Hon. Henry Helstoski, N.J. 

 H.J. Res. 822— Hon. Alton Lennon, N.C. 

 H.J. Res. 823— Hon. Paul G. Rogers, Fla. 

 H.J. Res. 824— Hon. Ed Reinecke, Calif. 

 H.J. Res. 828— Hon. Thomas M. Pelly, Wash, 

 H.J. Res. 829— Hon. James B. Utt, Calif. 

 H.J. Res. 834— Hon. L. H. Fountain, N.C. 

 H.J. Res. 835 — Hon. H. R. Gross, Iowa 

 H.J. Res. 837— Hon. Don Fuqua, Fla. 

 H.J. Res. 840— Hon. Don H. Clausen, Calif. 



Mr. Fascell. I know that the subject matter before us has a 

 long history and that its resolution has serious implications for the 

 United States. For this reason I hope that our subcommittee will 

 proceed judiciously in this matter, attempting to obtain as much 

 expert testimony as we can before reaching any decision. 



I should like to mention at this point that the folder supplied to 

 each of our subcommittee members contains the major background 

 documents relating to the resolutions before us. These documents 

 include the texts of the resolutions themselves; a statement of the 

 administration's position on the question of U.N. control of the 

 resources of the deep ocean floor; the note issued on August 17 of 

 this year by the permanent delegate of Malta to the United Nations; 

 the resolution on resources of the sea, adopted by the 21st General 

 Assembly of the United Nations ; ^ the Convention on the Conti- 

 nental Shelf; ^ and other papers. As these hearings proceed we will 

 include these various documents in the record. 



We have with us a gentleman who has taken an early and long 

 interest in this subject matter and who initiated some of the precepts 

 by which this entire matter came to a head. We are delighted to have 

 him here before the subcommittee this morning to give us his view- 

 points. I refer to Congressman Richard T, Hanna, the author of 

 House Joint Resolution 820. 



STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD T. HANNA, A REPRESENTATIVE 

 IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



Mr. Hanna. Thank you, Mr. Chairm.an and members of the com- 

 mittee. I am grateful for the opportunity to be before you and to give 

 you some of m.y views pertaining to this very im.portant subject matter 

 that is part of your concern here this morning. 



I introduced this resolution, Mr. Chairman, as part of a continuing 

 concern about the law of the sea. 



Some two and a half to 3 years ago I introduced in Congress a bill 

 expressing my general concern about the law of the sea and our 

 necessity to put more effort into bringing the law of the sea into 

 juxtaposition with the challenges that the new technology in ocean- 



* See also p. 77. 



1 See Appendix, p. 222. 



'See Appendix, p. 217. 



