H.R. 529Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act

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Sponsor: Michael Waltz [R-FL-06]
Cosponsors: 32 · 28 Republicans · 4 Democrats
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Committee: Ways and Means Committee
Latest action: May 1, 2024 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedJan 25, 2023
Passed the HouseApr 30, 2024
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 529 as reported to House on Apr 2, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 155

House Apr 30, 2024

On Passage

Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act

Passed

402 Yea 6 Nay 20 not voting

Crossed both parties 6 of 408 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Democrats.

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All members428 members

Democratic212 members

Republican216 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors32 · 28 Republicans · 4 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 529 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

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