STATUS REPORT ON LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINERALS, MATERIALS AND FUELS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman ALAN BIBLE, Nevada J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, JR., Louisiana PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York JAMES A. McCLURE, Idaho DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma JERRY T. VERKLER, Staff Director MERRILL W. ENGLUND, Special Committee Assistant for Outer Continental Shelf DAVID P. STANG, Deputy Director, National Fuels and Energy Study SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINERALS, MATERIALS AND FUELS LEE METCALF, Montana, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington ALAN BIBLE, Nevada J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, JR., Louisiana GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma (II) CONTENTS STATEMENTS Brower, Charles N., Acting Legal Adviser, Department of State, and Act- McKernan, Ambassador Donald L., Alternate Representative of the U.S. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor Page 69 179, 223 Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana_ Moore, John Norton, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Com- Stevenson, Ambassador John R., Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Committee on Peaceful Uses of Seabed and Ocean Floor Beyond Limits of National Jurisdiction, accompanied by John Norton Moore, Chair- man, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; Ambassador Donald L. McKernan, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Fisheries and Wildlife and Coordinator of Ocean Affairs, Department of State; Howard W. Pollock, Deputy Administrator, National Jurisdiction; ac- companied by John Norton Moore, Department of Commerce; Stuart P. French, Director, Law of the Sea Task Force, Department of De- fense; Leigh S. Ratiner, Director, Office of Ocean Resources, Depart- ment of the Interior; John Hartzell, Director, Office of Trade Negotia- tions, Department of the Treasury; and Capt. Paul A. Yost, Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transpor- COMMUNICATIONS Brower, Charles N., Acting Legal Adviser and Acting Chairman, Inter- 21 Stevenson, John R., Special Representative of the President for the Law 130 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "Guarding the Treasures of the Deep: the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act," June 1973 issue of the Harvard Journal on Legislation_ Law of the Sea Advisory Committee, notice of closed meeting, from the 1 |