---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 450rr–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "450rr–3"
heading: "International guidelines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/450rr-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXI — National and International Monuments and Memorials"
---

# §450rr–3. International guidelines

- (a) The [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) is directed to enter into consultations with the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and other interested nations to develop international guidelines for research on, exploration of, and if appropriate, salvage of the [R.M.S. Titanic](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=c), which—
  - (1) are consistent with its national and international scientific, cultural, and historical significance and the purposes of sections [450rr](/usc/16/450rr.md) to [450rr–6](/usc/16/450rr–6.md) of this title; and
  - (2) promote the safety of individuals involved in such operations.
- (b) In carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) shall consult with the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) and shall promote full participation by other interested Federal agencies, academic and research institutions, and members of the public.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–513, § 5, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 2083.)