THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ISSUE OF DEEP 

 OCEAN RESOURCES 



tuesday, october 10, 1967 



House op Representatives, 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

 Subcommittee on International 



Organizations and Movements, 



Washington^ D.C. 



The Subcommittee on International Org:anizations and Movements 

 met at 9 :35 a.m., in room 2172, Rayburn House Ofiice Building, Hon. 

 Dante B. Fascell (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Fascell. The subcommittee will please come to order. 



We meet this morning to continue our hearings on resolutions ex- 

 pressing opposition to the vesting in the United Nations of jurisdiction 

 over ocean floor resources. 



Since our first hearing, several additional resolutions on this sub- 

 ject have been introduced in the House of Representatives. These are : 



House Joint Resolution 843 — Hon. Byron G. Rogers, Colorado. 



House Joint Resolution 844 — Hon. Edwin E. Willis, Louisiana. 



House Joint Resolution 850 — Hon. Robert L. Leggett, California. 



House Joint Resolution 856 — Hon. Durward G. Hall, Missouri. 



House Joint Resolution 865 — Hon. Edward J. Gurney, Florida, 



House Joint Resolution 876 — Hon. Fernand J. St Germain, Rhode 

 Island. 



I should like at this time to ask unanimous consent to add to the 

 listing of the resolutions mentioned above any additional resolutions 

 identical or similar in content that may be introduced after this date. 

 If others are introduced which vary considerably in content from 

 House Joint Resolution 816, the text will be incorporated at this point. 



(Note: H.J. Res. 916, introduced by Hon. George Bush, of Texas, 

 October 31, 1967, is identical to H.J. Efes. 816. The text of H. Con. Res. 

 558, introduced by Hon. Jonathan B. Bingham, of New York, on 

 October 25, 1967, follows; House Concurrent Resolution 576, by Mr. 

 Brown of California, House Concurrent Resolution 577, by Mr. 

 Scheuer of New York, and House Concurrent Resolution 580, by Mr. 

 Matsunaga, are identical to House Concurrent Resolution 558.) 



[H. Con. Res. 558, QOth Cong., first sess.] 



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION concerning the development of the ocean floor through 



international cooperation 



Whereas there are vast untapped resources lying on and below the floor of the 



world's oceans ; and 

 Whereas such rt's-ourcef-; boyond the Continental Shelf are not subject to the 



sovereignty of any nation ; and 



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