To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 663 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 663 To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Case (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. OPPOSITION TO PERMITTING OF DEEP SEABED MINING AND EXPLORATION FOR DEEP SEABED MINING. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) As determined by the United Nations, most recently in its Sustainable Development Goals report, our world's oceans are at great risk from a number of factors, including atmospheric change, resource extraction and pollution. (2) The United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, launched by the 2015 UN Summit in New York established Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDS 14), to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources. Target 2 of SDS 14 commits States to sustainably manage marine ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts and strengthen their resilience. (3) The international marine scientific and policy consensus is that deep seabed mining presents a major risk to the marine environment, including: the direct loss of unique and ecologically important species; large sediment plumes that will negatively affect ecosystems well beyond the actual mining sites; noise pollution that will cause physiological and behavioral stress to marine species; likely conta