Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies received the executive initiative and turned it to the relevant commissions for analysis.
- The bill empowers the Navy to exercise coast guard authorities—right of visit and hot pursuit, boarding, search and inspection—in the EEZ and on the high seas to combat illicit acts.
- The text formalizes roles in cyberdefense and cybersecurity and permits use of artificial intelligence in military operations in cyberspace.
- It reorganizes command by elevating a strategic chief under the Jefatura de Operaciones Navales, replacing the former Estado Mayor General.
- The proposal abrogates the 2021 law, reinforces customs controls and a National Maritime Authority, allows joint operations with the National Guard and airport protection units, and changes disciplinary and human‑rights language reported to be less stringent.