{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-529","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 529","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-04-30","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h155","question":"On Passage","title":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act","result":"Passed","yea":402,"nay":6,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll155.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2024-05-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-04-02","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill extends the customs waters territory of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":123},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the definition of \"customs waters\" in the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Anti-Smuggling Act, replacing the words \"four leagues\" with references to the territorial sea and the contiguous zone of the United States.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of customs waters in the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Anti-Smuggling Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends the definition of \"customs waters\" in the Tariff Act of 1930 and splits it into numbered paragraphs (1) and (2).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}},{"text":"In the Tariff Act of 1930 definition, replaces the words \"of the coast of the United States\" (first place they appear) with \"from the baselines of the United States, determined in accordance with international law,\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}},{"text":"In the Tariff Act of 1930 definition, replaces \"the waters within four leagues of the coast of the United States\" with the waters within the territorial sea, as permitted by international law under Presidential Proclamation 5928, and the contiguous zone, as permitted under Presidential Proclamation 7219.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}},{"text":"Makes the same changes to the definition of \"customs waters\" in the Anti-Smuggling Act, including the new reference to baselines and the references to Presidential Proclamations 5928 and 7219.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}},{"text":"Provides that the amendments take effect on the day after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh#H9AC3442CF00B417AA86FBD9B283F653A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/529/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-529.png","v":"de351e332d1e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 529, 118th Congress: Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act. House: 402 Yea, 6 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2024."}}