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Atlantic Coast Shipping Safety Act
To establish navigation safety corridors for shipping safety fairways and complementary port approaches, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill would require the Coast Guard to issue a regulation within one year establishing navigation safety corridors for shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic Coast. The regulation would set a minimum appropriate width for nearshore and offshore shipping fairways based on the width proposed in the Coast Guard's January 2024 proposed rule on Atlantic Coast shipping safety fairways. The minimum width requirement would not apply to connector fairways, cut-across fairways, cutoff fairways, Traffic Separation Schemes, or precautionary areas. The regulation would apply to the geographic area covered by the Coast Guard's 2024 proposal. The regulation would become effective on December 31, 2026.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
2 cosponsors
Actions (3)
- Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. · house
- Dec 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Dec 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 3, 2025
Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Ms. Gillen, and Mr. Carter of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To establish navigation safety corridors for shipping safety fairways and complementary port approaches, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Atlantic Coast Shipping Safety Act”.
SEC. 2. PORT ACCESS ROUTES.
(a) Regulation.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a regulation for nearshore and offshore shipping safety fairways, to include a minimum appropriate width of not less than the width proposed in the proposed rule of the Coast Guard titled “Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast”, issued on January 19, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 3587).
(b) Exception.—The minimum appropriate width under subsection (a) shall not apply to connector, cut-across, or cutoff fairways, Traffic Separation Schemes, or precautionary areas.
(c) Applicability.—In issuing the regulation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall apply the regulation to the geographic area covered by the proposed rule of the Coast Guard titled “Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast”, issued on January 19, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 3587).
(d) Effective Date.—The regulation issued under subsection (a) shall take effect on December 31, 2026. <all>
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