Pub. L. 95-372, tit. II, sec. 203
laws applicable to the outer continental shelf
laws applicable to the outer continental shelf Sec. 203. (a) Section 4(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333 (a)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking out “and fixed structures” and inserting in lieu thereof “, and all installations and other devices permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed,”; and (2) by striking out “removing, and transporting resources therefrom” and inserting in lieu thereof “or producing resources therefrom, or any such installation or other device (other than a ship or vessel) for the purpose of transporting such resources”. (b) Section 4(a)(2) of such Act is amended by redesigning paragraph (2) as (2)(A) and by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(B) Within one year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the President shall establish procedures for setting any outstanding international boundary dispute respecting the outer Continental Shelf.”. 92 STAT. 636 (c) Section 4(c) of such Act is amended by striking out “described in subsection (b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “conducted on the outer Continental Shelf for the purpose of exploring for, developing, removing, or transporting by pipeline the natural resources, or involving rights to the natural resources, of the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf”. (d) Section 4(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(d) For the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, any unfair labor practice, as defined in such Act, occurring upon any artificial island, installation, or other device referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to have occurred within the judicial district of the State, the laws of which apply to such artificial island, installation, or other device pursuant to such subsection, except that until the President determines the areas within which such State laws are applicable, the judicial district shall be that of the State nearest the place of location of such artificial island, installation, or other device.”. (e) Section 4 of such Act is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), by striking out “the islands and structures referred to in subsection (a)”, and inserting in lieu thereof “the artificial islands, installations, and other devices referred to in subsection (a)”; (2) in subsection (f), by striking out “artificial islands and fixed structures located on the outer Continental Shelf” and inserting in lieu thereof “the artificial islands, installations, and other devices referred to in subsection (a)”; and (3) in subsection (g), by striking out “the artificial islands and fixed structures referred to in subsection (a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “the artificial islands, installations, and other devices referred to in subsection (a)”. (f) Section 4(e)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out “head” and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary”. (g) Section 4(e)(2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(2) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may mark for the protection of navigation any artificial island, installation, or other device referred to in subsection (a) whenever the owner has failed suitably to mark such island, installation, or other device in accordance with regulations issued under this Act, and the owner shall pay the cost of such marking.”. (h) Section 4 of such Act is further amended by striking out subsection (b) and relettering subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively.