Appendix 6 



Executive Order 9633 



Eeserving and Placing Certain Resources of the Continental 

 Shelf Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secre- 

 tary OF THE Interior 



By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the 

 United States, it is ordered that the natural resources of the subsoil and seabed 

 of the Continental Shelf beneath the high seas but contiguous to the coasts of the 

 United States declare this day by proclamation to appertain to the United States 

 and to be subject to its jurisdiction and control, be and they are hereby reserved, 

 set aside, and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of the 

 Interior for administrative purposes pending the enactment of legislation in 

 regard thereto. Neither this order nor the aforesaid proclamation shall be 

 deemed to affect the determination by legislation or judicial decree of any issues 

 between the United States and the several States relating to the ownership or 

 control of the subsoil and seabed of the Continental Shelf within or outside of 

 the 3-mile limit. 



Habrt S. Trttman. 



The White House, September 2S, IHS. 



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