" Every State shall adopt the laws and regulations necessary to provide that, if persons subject to its jurisdiction who are the owners of a submarine cable or pipeline beneath the high seas, in laying or repairing that cable or pipeline, cause a break in or injury to another cable or pipeline, they shall bear the cost of the repairs."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
β‘ a vehicle that can travel underwater, control its own movement and maintain its own life support.
β‘ existing or located under the sea