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S. 3198 110th Congress Senate

A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation of submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality.

Introduced: June 25, 2008 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Armed Forces and National SecurityCrime and Law EnforcementDrug abuseDrug law enforcement
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Drug trafficInternational AffairsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine transportationNavigationShipsSmugglingSubmarinesTerritorial watersTerrorism
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Jun 25, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 Latest action June 25, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal law relating to maritime drug law enforcement to prohibit knowingly or intentionally operating by any means, or embarking in, any semi-submersible vessel or any manned or unmanned submersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 2830 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007
  • HR 6295 Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
  • HR 7099 Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
  • S 3351 Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008
  • S 3526 Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
  • S 3598 Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
 Bill text 1 version

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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 25, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3198: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation of submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3198/
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"S. 3198: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation of submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3198/.
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S. 3198, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3198/.
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