S.Amdt. 3097Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 3097
Sponsored by
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
Submitted July 24, 2024
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July 24, 2024
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SA 3097. Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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__. DEFINITION OF CUSTOMS WATERS. (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'' the first place it appears 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'' the first place it appears 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. ______