HR1268Referred to Committee

Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-12
Introduced
28
Cosponsors
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Sponsor

Maria Elvira Salazar
Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 96.7% (569 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Finance & Banking$7,125k

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Cosponsors (28)

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2025-02-12

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Plain-English Summary

Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act This bill extends the customs waters territory of the United States to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States. Under current law, customs waters means waters within four leagues (equivalent to 12 nautical miles) of the coast of the United State. This bill provides statutory authority for two presidential proclamations to extend the customs waters to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States. Specifically, the bill revises the statutory definition of customs waters to include the waters within (1) the territorial sea of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 5928, dated December 27, 1988, that extended such limits to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States; and (2) the contiguous zone of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7219, dated September 2, 1999, that extended such limits to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States.

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