3.0.0 221 2026-08-03T15:07:57Z 2026-08-03T15:07:57Z Senate S S 2025-01-23 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/221 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-01-23T19:28:00Z Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act 119 1268 HR 2025-02-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2025-01-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2025-01-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2025-01-23 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2025-01-23 True G000574 Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] Ruben Gallego D AZ 2025-01-23 True F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2025-03-31 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Customs enforcement 2025-06-20T18:34:20Z Geography and mapping 2025-06-20T18:34:20Z International law and treaties 2025-06-20T18:34:20Z Marine and coastal resources, fisheries 2025-06-20T18:34:20Z Foreign Trade and International Finance 2025-05-01T17:49:04Z 00 2025-01-23 Introduced in Senate 2026-08-03T15:07:48Z Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2025

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 States. 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.

]]> Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2025 2025-04-02T13:18:33Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2025 2025-02-22T06:23:36Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219. 2025-02-22T06:19:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s221is/xml/BILLS-119s221is.xml 2025-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.