,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #be1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 and ,mr4         
,lankford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to extend the customs waters of the  
,united ,states from #ab nautical miles 
to #bd nautical miles from the baselines
 of the ,united ,states1 consistent with
 ,presidential ,proclamation #gbai4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,extending ,limits of ,united      
,states ,customs ,waters ,act of #bjbc4 
#b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress  7a7  
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,on ,december #bg1 #aihh1
 ,presidential ,proclamation #eibh      
extended the territorial sea of the     
,united ,states from #c nautical miles  
to #ab nautical miles from the baselines
 of the ,united ,states1 determined in  
accordance with international law4  7#b7

 ,on ,august #b1 #aiii1 ,presidential   
,proclamation #gbai extended the        
contiguous zone of the ,united ,states  
from #ab nautical miles to #bd nautical 
miles from the baselines of the ,united 
,states1 determined in accordance with  
international law1 but in no case within
 the territorial sea of another country4
  7#c7 ,customary international law1 in 
its current form1 as provided for in the
 ,united ,nations ,convention on the    
,law of the ,sea and consistent with    
,presidential ,proclamations #eibh and  
#gbai1 reflects that-- 7,a7 every       
coastal ,state has the right to         
establish the breadth of its territorial
 sea to a limit not exceeding #ab       
nautical miles1 measured from its       
baselines2  7,b7 a coastal ,state's     
contiguous zone may not extend beyond   
#bd nautical miles from the baselines   
from which the breadth of the           
territorial sea is measured2  7,c7 a    
coastal ,state has exclusive            
jurisdiction over its flagged vessels   

within its territorial seas and upon the
 high seas2 and  7,d7 in the contiguous 
zone of a coastal ,state1 the ,state    
may-- 7i7 exercise the control necessary
 to prevent the infringement of its     
customs1 fiscal1 immigration1 or        
sanitary laws and regulations within its
 territory or the territorial sea2 and  
7ii7 punish the infringement of those   
laws and regulations committed within   
its territory or the territorial sea4   
7#d7 ,customary international law1 in   
its current form1 as provided for in the
 ,united ,nations ,convention on the    
,law of the ,sea1 recognizes that       
outside the territorial waters of a     
coastal ,state1 the vessels and aircraft
 of all countries enjoy the high seas   
freedoms of navigation and overflight4  
,pursuant to those freedoms and the     
requirements of international law-- 7,a7
 before boarding a vessel outside of the
 territorial waters of a coastal ,state1
 but within the contiguous zone of that 
,state1 authorities of the ,state are   

generally required to have reasonable   
grounds to believe that the vessel is   
destined for the ,state or has violated 
or is attempting to violate the customs1
 fiscal1 immigration1 or sanitary laws  
and regulations of that ,state2 and     
7,b7 the hot pursuit of a foreign       
vessel-- 7i7 may be undertaken when     
competent authorities of the ,state have
 good reason to believe that the vessel 
or one of its boats has violated the    
laws and regulations of that ,state2    
7ii7 is required to be commenced when   
the foreign vessels or one of its boats 
is within the internal waters1 the      
territorial sea1 or the contiguous zone 
of the ,state1 and may be continued     
outside the territorial sea or the      
contiguous zone only if the pursuit has 
not been interrupted2 and  7iii7 in a   
case in which the foreign vessels is    
within the contiguous zone of the       
,state1 may be undertaken only if there 
has been a violation of the rights for  
the protection of which the contiguous  

zone was established4  7b7 ,sense of    
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 it is necessary to extend   
the authority of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection to conduct law      
enforcement activities in the customs   
waters of the ,united ,states from #ab  
nautical miles to #bd nautical miles    
because as modern technology continues  
to change and expand rapidly1 the       
performance and speed of maritime       
vessels1 including those used to violate
 the laws of the ,united ,states or     
evade ,united ,states law enforcement   
agents1 improve1 and the limit of #ab   
nautical miles no longer provides law   
enforcement agents with sufficient time 
to interdict such vessels2 and  7#b7 the
 extension of the customs waters of the 
,united ,states to the limits permitted 
by international law will advance the   
law enforcement and public health       
interests of the ,united ,states4  #c4  
,extension of customs waters of the     
,united ,states  7a7 ,tariff ,act of    

#aicj ,section #dja7;j7 of the ,tariff  
,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #adja7;j77 
is amended-- 7#a7 by striking means1 in 
the case and inserting the following3   
means-- 7#a7 in the case  2  7#b7 by    
striking of the coast of the ,united    
,states and inserting from the baselines
 of the ,united ,states 7determined in  
accordance with international law72     
7#c7 by striking and1 in the case and   
inserting the following3 2 and 7#b7 in  
the case  2 and  7#d7 by striking the   
waters within four leagues of the coast 
of the ,united ,states4 and inserting   
the following3 the waters within-- 7,a7 
the territorial sea of the ,united      
,states1 to the limits permitted by     
international law in accordance with    
,presidential ,proclamation #eibh of    
,december #bg1 #aihh2 and  7,b7 the     
contiguous zone of the ,united ,states1 
to the limits permitted by international
 law in accordance with ,presidential   
,proclamation #gbai of ,september #b1   
#aiii4  4  7b7 ,anti-,smuggling ,act    

,section #dja7;c7 of the                
,anti-,smuggling ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#agji7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 means1 in the case and inserting the   
following3 means-- 7#a7 in the case  2  
7#b7 by striking of the coast of the    
,united ,states and inserting from the  
baselines of the ,united ,states        
7determined in accordance with          
international law72  7#c7 by striking   
and1 in the case and inserting the      
following3 2 and 7#b7 in the case  2 and
  7#d7 by striking the waters within    
four leagues of the coast of the ,united
 ,states4 and inserting the following3  
the waters within-- 7,a7 the territorial
 sea of the ,united ,states1 to the     
limits permitted by international law in
 accordance with ,presidential          
,proclamation #eibh of ,december #bg1   
#aihh2 and  7,b7 the contiguous zone of 
the ,united ,states1 to the limits      
permitted by international law in       
accordance with ,presidential           
,proclamation #gbai of ,september #b1   

#aiii4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the     
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on the day after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4