that are apathetic or less equipped to abide by internationally accepted standards. (9) Investing in the development of mineral resources and processing infrastructure quantitatively proven to reduce ESG impacts, such as seafloor nodules, is integral to ensuring the raw materials that underpin our domestic industrial base and transition to clean energy do not have adverse planetary impacts. (10) Developing U.S. partnerships to secure seafloor resources and domestic capabilities to process these materials is in the nation’s economic, environmental and security interests. (b) In general The President shall direct the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy— (1) together with Federal interagency efforts, to provide financial, diplomatic, or other forms of support for seafloor nodule collection, processing, and refining where upstream sourcing is compliant with regulations