U.S. Doubles Its Nautical Contiguous Zone (VIIA)

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Friday, October 1, 1999
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
15
Issue: 
10
419
Abstract: 
On September 1, 1999, President Bill Clinton issued an executive order, doubling from 12 to 24 nautical miles its contiguous zone, in which the Coast Guard and Federal law-enforcement agencies can enforce U.S. law and board foreign ships off the coast...[more]