---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 450rr–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "450rr–5"
heading: "Sense of Congress regarding conduct of future activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/450rr-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXI — National and International Monuments and Memorials"
---

# §450rr–5. Sense of Congress regarding conduct of future activities


It is the sense of Congress that research and limited exploration activities concerning the [R.M.S. Titanic](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=c) should continue for the purpose of enhancing public knowledge of its scientific, cultural, and historical significance: Provided, That, pending adoption of the international agreement described in [section 450rr–4(a) of this title](/usc/16/450rr–4.md?p=a) or implementation of the international guidelines described in [section 450rr–3 of this title](/usc/16/450rr–3.md), no [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) should conduct any such research or exploration activity which would physically alter, disturb, or salvage the [R.M.S. Titanic](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=c).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–513, § 7, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 2084.)