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Article: Proclamation 7219 - Contiguous Zone of the United States.
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- September 6, 1999
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September 2, 1999
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
International law recognizes that coastal nations may establish zones contiguous to their territorial seas, known as contiguous zones.
The contiguous zone of the United States is a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, in which the United States may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea, and to punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea.
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