Hearing
Oversight hearing titled “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production.”.
A source-backed event record from the House committee corpus, with connected witnesses, documents, and official source materials.
Event Info
Description and source record
- Title
- Oversight hearing titled “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production.”
- Committee
- Committee on Natural Resources / Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Date line
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (10:15 AM - 12:15 PM)
- Published
- April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
- Last updated
- March 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Record intelligence
This record is organized to support questions about what happened, who testified, what documents changed, and what issues were raised, with citations back to source materials.
Witnesses
People connected to this event
TestimonyTestimony BarronTestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1995TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1993TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1991TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1989TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1987TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1983TestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1981TestimonyNOAA 1981 Final Programmatic Environmental Impact StatementTestimonyNOAA Deep Seabed Mining Final Technical Guidance Document 1981TestimonyNOAA Final Environmental Impact Statement 1994Testimony30 USC Ch. 26_ DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCESTestimony15 CFR Part 970 - DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES _ Electronic Code of Federal RegulationsTestimonyNOAA 1984 Deep Seabed Mining Draft Environmental Impact StatementTestimonyNOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Management IncTestimonyNOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Minerals CoTestimonyNOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Kennecott ConsortiumTruth in TestimonyTruth in Testimony BarronBioCV Barron
Mr. Oliver Gunasekara
CEO and Co-Founder, Impossible Metals, San Jose, CA
Impossible Metals, San Jose, CAMr. Duncan Currie
Legal Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Center, Christchurch, New Zealand
Deep Sea Conservation Center, Christchurch, New ZealandDr. Thomas Peacock
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MADocuments
Source materials
noticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – American Samoa_ Sign-on Letter Against Deep-sea Mining (1)DocumentRep. Dexter FTR – BBSEA Critical Minerals ReportDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Companies calling for a deep sea mining mortariumDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Deep Sea Mining Isn't Worth the Risk - The Ocean Foundation Feb 2024DocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Exclusive _ Shipping Giant Maersk Drops Deep Sea Mining Investment - WSJDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – International Energy Agency (IEA) page on critical mineralsDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – International Seabed Authority metals studyDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – ISA fact sheet on the composition of polymetallic nodulesDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Marine experts calling for a deep sea mining pauseDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – nytimes.com-Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed MetalsDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reports on seabed miningDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Seafood-Market-Statement-Supporting-a-Pause-on-Deep-Sea-Mining_30.05.23-1-1DocumentRep. Dexter FTR – Trump Order Encourages Controversial Deep-Sea Mining for Critical Minerals - NewsweekDocumentRep. Dexter FTR – LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS