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Legislation |
 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 7 August 1953 |
| Proclamation 5030 by the President of the United States of America on the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States of America, 10 March 1983 |
| Statement by the President Dated 10 March 1983 |
| Note dated 13 January 1986 from the United States Mission to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 |
Note, and the attached Federal Register notices
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| Territorial Sea of the United States of America By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation of 27 December 1988 |
| Aide-memoire concerning amendments to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amendment to include highly migratory tuna as species of fish under United States jurisdiction, 22 May 1991 |
| Public Notice 2237: Exclusive Economic Zone and Maritime Boundaries; Notice of Limits |
| Contiguous Zone of the United States - Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, 2 September 1999 |
| Additional U.S. legislation relating to the law of the sea (as at June 2005) |
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Piracy
U.S. Statutes Relating to Piracy
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Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material |
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with Cook Islands |
| Treaty between the United States of America and the Cook Islands on friendship and delimitation of the maritime boundary between the United States of America and the Cook Islands, 11 June 1980 (entry into force: 8 September 1983; registration #: 28971; date of registration: 1 June 1992; link to UNTS) |
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with Cuba |
| Exchange of letters constituting an agreement on a modus vivendi relating to maritime boundary, 27 April 1977 (entry into force: 27 April 1977; registration #: 18222; registration date: 1 January 1980; link to UNTS) |
| Maritime Boundary Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, 16 December 1977 (applied provisionally as from 1 January 1978) |
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with Kiribati |
| Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the delimitation of maritime boundaries,6 September 2013 (entry into force: 19 July 2019; registration #: I-57686; date of registration: 7 March 2023; link to UNTS) |
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with Mexico |
| Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary, 23 November 1970 (entry into force: 18 April 1972; registration #: 11873; registration date: 17 July 1972; link to UNTS) |
| Maritime Boundaries Agreement Effected by Exchange of Notes between the United States of America and Mexico 24 November 1976 |
| Treaty on maritime boundaries between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean), 4 May 1978 (entry into force: 13 November 1997; registration #: 37399; registration date: 12 April 2001; link to UNTS) |
| Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf in the Western Gulf of Mexico beyond 200 Nautical Miles, 9 June 2000 (entry into force: 17 January 2001; registration #: 37400; registration date: 12 April 2001; link to UNTS) |
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with Micronesia (Federated States of) |
| Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the delimitation of a maritime boundary, 1 August 2014 (entry into force: 27 September 2019; registration # 55987; registration date: 25 October 2019; link to UNTS) |
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with New Zealand |
| Treaty between the United States of America (American Samoa) and New Zealand (Tokelau) on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Tokelau and the United States of America, 2 December 1980 (entry into force: 3 September 1983; registration #: 28231; registration date: 25 July 1991; link to UNTS) |
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with Niue |
| Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Niue on the delimitation of a maritime boundary, 13 May 1997 (entry into force: 23 September 2014, registration #: 52440; registration date: 6 January 2015 link to UNTS) |
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with Russian Federation |
| Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the maritime boundary, 1 June 1990 |
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with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland relating to the delimitation of the area within territorial waters adjacent to the leased naval base at Argentia, Newfoundland (with annex), 13 August and 23 October 1947 (entry into force: 23 October 1947; registration #: 859; registration date: 3 July 1950; link to UNTS) |
| Treaty on the delimitation in the Caribbean of a maritime boundary relating to Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands, 5 November 1993 (entry into force: 1 June 1995; registration #: 32637; registration date: 23 February 1996; link to UNTS) |
| Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on the delimitation in the Caribbean of a maritime boundary between the US Virgin Islands and Anguilla, 5 November 1993 (entry into force: 1 June 1995; registration #: 32636; registration date: 23 February 1996; link to UNTS) |
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with Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of) |
| Maritime boundary Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela (with map), 28 March 1978 (entry into force: 24 November 1980; registration#: 20984; registration date: 15 April 1982; link to UNTS) |
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Other relevant material (see also ICJ web site) |
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Canada |
| Treaty to submit to binding dispute settlement the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Gulf of Maine area, 29 March 1979 (entry into force: 20 November 1981; registration #: 21237; registration date: 13 September 1982;link to UNTS) |
| Special Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America to submit to a Chamber of the International Court of Justice the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Gulf of Maine area, 29 March 1979 (entry into force: 20 November 1981; registration #: 21238; registration date: 13 September 1982; link to UNTS) |
| Case concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada/United States of America) International Court of Justice, 12 October 1984 |
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Other Communications
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| S/2019/536 Letter dated 27 June 2019 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
| S/2019/593 Letter dated 23 July 2019 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
| S/2019/667 Letter dated 19 August 2019 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
| A/74/874-S/2020/483 Letter dated 1 June 2020 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
| A/74/886 Letter dated 9 June 2020 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
| S/2023/588 Letter dated 7 August 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
| S/2023/609 Letter dated 17 August 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
| A/79/674 Letter dated 5 December 2024 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
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