Presidential Proclamation on the Contiguous Zone of the United States. Country/Territory United States of America Document type Miscellaneous Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty Geographical area Americas, North America, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, Caribbean Abstract In accordance with international law as reflected in the applicable provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the President proclaimed the extension of the Contiguous Zone of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession over which the United States exercises jurisdiction, to 24 nautical miles. The Zone shall however n Full text English