Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6410

Introduced

Atlantic Coast Shipping Safety Act

Sponsor

RDavid Rouzer· North Carolina

Introduced

December 3, 2025

Policy area

Transportation and Public Works

Latest action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.February 2, 2026

Full text of the bill

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6410 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6410

To establish navigation safety corridors for shipping safety fairways 
and complementary port approaches, and for other purposes.

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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

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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.
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