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Development Act of KIQ (33 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding at the end thereof 

 the following new subsection: 



"(c) The comprehensive study described in subsection (a) (5) shall include a 

 study of the resources of the bed of the deep ocean beyond the Continental Shelf 

 of the United States with particular reference to the definition of our national 

 goals for the development of such resources, the forniulation of ai^proaches to their 

 development, and the establishment of methods and programs for increasing and 

 improving our understanding of their extent, the means of obtaining access to 

 them, the conditions for processing and marketing them, and the impact which 

 activities connected with their extraction and mining will have on other uses of 

 the sea." 



Sec. 2. It is the sense of the Congress that, until the completion of the com- 

 prehensive study provided for in section 4(a)(5) of the Marine Resources and 

 Engineering Development Act of 1966 (and more specifically described in section 

 4(c) of such Act), any action to vest control of deep ocean resources in an inter- 

 national body would be premature and ill advised; and the President is requested 

 to instruct the United States representatives at the United Nations to oppose 

 any action at this time to vest control of the resources of the deep sea beyond the 

 Continental Shelf of the United States. 



Mr. Reinecke. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Fascell. Thank you very much. I want to say before you 

 leave that we are aware, of course, of the naval i)robleni and the 

 installations that exist. This emphasizes the difficulty, of course. Also, 

 we might as well put on the record that there is substantial disagree- 

 ment among the nations as to the limits of international waters and 

 freedom of the seas. We have differences of opinion all over the \vorld 

 on what those limits ought to be. Thank you for raising this additional 

 point. 



Mr. Reinecke. Thank you. 



Mr. Fascell. Now we are very pleased to hear from a distinguished 

 colleague, a representative of another coastal State on the other side 

 of the country. He is, as is his State, equally involved, equally inter- 

 ested, and a leader in the field of oceanograpliy. 



I am delighted to welcome before the subcommittee my colleague 

 and friend, the Honorable Paul Rogers of Florida. 



STATEMENT OF HON. PAUL G. ROGERS, A REPRESENTATIVE 

 IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA 



Mr. Rogers. Thank you very much. I appreciate the opportunity 

 to testify. I will just submit my statement, if I may. 



Mr. Fascell. Without objection, the statement will be included 

 in the record. 



(Mr. Rogers' statement follows:) 



Statement of Hon. Paul G. Rogers a Representative in Congress 

 From the State of Florida 



Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the committee for taking immediate action 

 on this very serious matter of the proposed internationalization of ocean bottoms 

 of the worfd outside the present national boundaries. 



I have felt strongly about this issue for more than a year. I opposed the idea of 

 giving the seabottoms and the resources thereof to any international body. 

 For that reason, I introduced H.J. Res. 823 when I found out that Malta planned 

 to introduce such a resolution in the upcoming session of the United Nations. The 

 Malta resolution would reserve all ocean bottoms and the resources outside 

 national territorial borders for the United Nations. 



The United States has led the world in research and development in the marine 

 sciences and American industry has inve^^ted millions of dollars. I do not think the 

 rewards of such labor should be denied. 



