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Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023
S. 71, 118th Congress
- Status
- In committee
- Introduced
- 01/25/2023
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- 01/25/2023
About this bill
- Official title
- Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023
- Sponsor
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Introduced in
- Senate
- Policy area
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Committees
- Finance Committee
- Latest action
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Summary
Congressional Research Service, Introduced in Senate (01/25/2023)
Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023
This bill extends the customs waters territory of the United States.
Under current law, customs waters means waters within four leagues of the coast of the United States. This bill revises the definition to include (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.
Actions
Newest first
- 01/25/2023 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 01/25/2023
Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Customs enforcement, Geography and mapping, International law and treaties, Marine and coastal resources, fisheries.
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo Bill Status; Congressional Research Service summaries · Last updated 01/25/2023