[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 485. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Tariff Act of 1930.--Section 401(j) of the Tariff Act 
     of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401(j)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``means, in the case'' and inserting the 
     following: ``means--
       ``(1) in the case'';
       (2) by striking ``of the coast of the United States'' and 
     inserting ``from the baselines of the United States 
     (determined in accordance with international law)'';
       (3) by striking ``and, in the case'' and inserting the 
     following: ``; and
       ``(2) in the case''; and
       (4) by striking ``the waters within four leagues of the 
     coast of the United States.'' and inserting the following: 
     ``the waters within--
       ``(A) the territorial sea of the United States, to the 
     limits permitted by international law in accordance with 
     Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988; and
       ``(B) the contiguous zone of the United States, to the 
     limits permitted by international law in accordance with 
     Presidential Proclamation 7219 of September 2, 1999.''.
       (b) Anti-Smuggling Act.--Section 401(c) of the Anti-
     Smuggling Act (19 U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``means, in the case'' and inserting the 
     following: ``means--
       ``(1) in the case'';
       (2) by striking ``of the coast of the United States'' and 
     inserting ``from the baselines of the United States 
     (determined in accordance with international law)'';
       (3) by striking ``and, in the case'' and inserting the 
     following: ``; and
       ``(2) in the case''; and
       (4) by striking ``the waters within four leagues of the 
     coast of the United States.'' and inserting the following: 
     ``the waters within--
       ``(A) the territorial sea of the United States, to the 
     limits permitted by international law in accordance with 
     Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988; and
       ``(B) the contiguous zone of the United States, to the 
     limits permitted by international law in accordance with 
     Presidential Proclamation 7219 of September 2, 1999.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
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