On 24 April 2025, the White Home issued an Govt Order (“Unleashing America’s Offshore Crucial Minerals and Sources”) directing the Administrator of the US Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to “expedite the method for reviewing and issuing seabed mineral exploration licenses and industrial restoration permits in areas past nationwide jurisdiction below the Deep Seabed Laborious Mineral Sources Act” (DSHMRA) (EO, sec 3(a)(i) (emphasis added)).
