RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act

R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986

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.
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
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2048 by Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R–CT) on February 5, 1986 Committee consideration by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Senate Foreign Relations Passed the Senate on September 24, 1986 (passed voice vote) Passed the House on October 6, 1986 (passed voice vote) Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 21, 1986

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]