Long title | An Act to encourage international efforts to designate the shipwreck of the R.M.S. Titanic as an international maritime memorial and to provide for reasonable research, exploration and, if appropriate, salvage activities with respect to the shipwreck. |
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Enacted by | the 99th United States Congress |
Effective | October 21, 1986 |
Citations | |
Public law | 99-513 |
Statutes at Large | 100 Stat. 2082 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 16 U.S.C.: Conservation |
U.S.C. sections created | 16 U.S.C. ch. 1, subch. LXI § 450rr et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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The R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 2082, 16 U.S.C. §§ 450rr–450rr-6) is a United States Act of Congress that was passed to designate the wreck of the RMS Titanic as an international maritime memorial and to regulate the research, exploration and salvage of the wreckage. The Act became law on October 21, 1986, when it was passed by the 99th United States Congress.[1]