[NorwegianViking]

Guys, I found the actual document
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/OPTF_FinalRecs.pdfand I wish I could really understand it. Please help... p. 65 it begins with this:
“XIII . C onsistency with International Law
CMS Plans would be implemented in accordance with customary international law, including as
reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention, and with treaties and other international agreements to
which the United States is a party. Seaward of the baseline, development and implementation of CMS
Plans are to be consistent with the extent to which the United States exercises its rights and jurisdiction
and performs duties in its territorial sea, EEZ, and Continental Shelf. CMS Plans would not change the
rights, duties, and jurisdiction of the United States under international law, including with respect to
navigational rights and freedoms. Nothing in this document or in CMS Plans developed pursuant to it
would create private rights of action or other enforceable individual legal rights regarding the meaning
and applicability of international law.”

[southernsunshine]

Here is the text of HR 3534. I’m looking @ the link you provided and this one to see if I can help verify or debunk.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/realityzone/UFNCLEARactSec6.html

[kevao]

It was written by lawyers. It’s not meant to be understood. It’s meant to be interpreted to mean whatever our overlords need it to mean in any given circumstance to justify the raping of our national sovereignty.

Other than that, the document is pretty much harmless....

[J Edgar]

Thanks for the information. I need to study further to assess he extent of Treason!
We are in serious trouble, and it’s not because of one man. Clintons, Bushes, and many, many more are guilty. Oh, did I mentioned RINOs?

[J Edgar]

Thanks for the information. I need to study further to assess he extent of Treason!
We are in serious trouble, and it’s not because of one man. Clintons, Bushes, and many, many more are guilty. Oh, did I mentioned RINOs?

[Cold Heat]

If he had even half a brain, he would throw the U.N. out of this country....

But I guess that can wait a couple years for a president with some balls.

[southernsunshine]

Looks like Bush was up to something too. From your post on p. 65 (emphasis mine):

“XIII . C onsistency with International Law CMS Plans would be implemented in accordance with customary international law, including as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention, and with treaties and other international agreements to which the United States is a party.

Now look what the Heritage Foundation had to say 02/08/2008:

The U.S. Senate has not ratified, and therefore the United States is not a party to, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, commonly known as the "Law of the Sea Treaty," or LOST. The Bush Administration's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, however, requests nearly $5 million to fund the LOST organization as well as the international tribunal established by the treaty. The Administration's request is both fiscally irresponsible and opposed to U.S. national interest. If it is not withdrawn, Congress should reject the Administration's proposal and any other request to provide funding for international organizations of which the United States is not a member.

Question is: Why would the the words, "...CMS Plans would be implemented in accordance with customary international law, including as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention..., be included if we aren't party to the "Law of the Sea Treaty"?

Hmmmm.......