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1 H.R. 3350, 95th Cong., 2d Sess., 124 CONG. REC. H7341, H7382 (1978). For the text of S. 2053, see Mining of the Deep Seabed: Joint Hearings of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Comm. with the Subcomm. on Public Lands and Resources of the Senate Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. 4-51 (1977).
2 For background on the seabed mining negotiations, see, e.g., Moore, In Search of Common Nodules at UNCLOS III, 18 VA. J. INT'L L. 1 (1977), and J. N. Moobe, r. Wolfrum, p. Stopford & j. Stender, deep seabed MINING In The Law Of The Sea Negotiations II: Toward A Balanced Development SysteM (Oceans Policy Study Series 1:3, Michie Press, 1978).