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(1) eligibility standards and compliance; 
(2) licensing procedures, requirements, and com- 
pliance ; 
(3) ‘work requirements compliance ; 
(4) environmental standards and compliance; 
(5) multiple use standards and compliance; and 
(6) other matters specifically delegated to the 
Secretary under the Act. 
(c) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to issue 
such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to 
implement the provisions of sections 13, 14, and 15 of this 
Act. 
(d) Rules and regulations issued under this section 
shall be promulgated in accordance with provisions of sec- 
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code. 
JURISDICTION OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 
Sec. 19. United States district courts shall have orig- 
inal jurisdiction of cases and controversies arising out of, 
or in connection with, development activities conducted in 
any area of the deep seabed under the authority of this Act, 
and proceedings with respect to any such case er controversy 
may be instituted in the judicial district in which any de- 
fendant resides, or may be found, or in the judicial district 
nearest the place where the cause of action arose. 
