U.S. Expected to Widen Ocean Territorial Limit
United Press International
WASHINGTON —
Congress is lining up behind stretching the U.S. territorial limit to 12 miles out to sea and President Reagan is expected to make the change formal in the next few months, lawmakers said Friday.
The bill to accompany such a presidential proclamation was passed by the House on a voice vote Thursday and probably will be acted on by the Senate this week, said Rep. Norman D. Shumway, (R-Stockton).
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