Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Extension and Enforcement Act of 1992: Report (to Accompany H.R. 3842 which ... was Referred Jointly to the Committees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary) (including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office), Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 |
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Page 25 - Changes in Existing Law Made bt the Bill, As Reported In compliance with clause 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) : TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1— GENERAL 101. Definitions For the purposes of this...
Page 5 - Covenant to establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (48 USC 1681 note).
Page 38 - That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by land and water, on penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points in the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws...
Page 33 - ... and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of War.
Page 28 - USC 1362 (15) (B) ) is amended by striking out "the fisheries zone established pursuant to the Act of October 14, 1966." and inserting in lieu thereof "the waters included within a zone, contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States...
Page 40 - ... between points in the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation, in any other vessel than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States...
Page 32 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States...
Page 27 - For the purpose of these articles, the term "continental shelf is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas ; ( b) to the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands.
Page 44 - person" includes corporations, partnerships, and associations, existing under or authorized by the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or of any foreign country.
Page 35 - navigable waters' means the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas. (8) The term 'territorial seas' means the belt of the seas measured from the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the link marking the seaward limit of inland waters, and extending seaward a distance of three miles.