Sec. 227. Conditions for entry and operation of vessels

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The Ports and Waters Safety Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: No foreign vessel described in subsection

(b)shall enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States. Paragraph

(1)shall not apply with respect to a vessel described in subsection (b)(2) on and after any date on which the Secretary of State determines that the vessel is no longer registered as described in that subsection. The Secretary of State shall publish a notice of each such determination in the Federal Register. A vessel referred to in subsection

(a)is a foreign vessel for which a Notice of Arrival is required to be filed under section 160 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, and that— is on a list of vessels published in Federal Register under subsection (c)(2); or more than 180 days after the publication of such a list, is registered, pursuant to the Geneva Convention on the High Seas (13 U.S.T. 2312; TIAS 5200; 450 UNTS 82), by a government the agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registration of a vessel that is included in such list. The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall— maintain timely information on registrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that are— owned or operated by or on behalf of— the National Iran Tanker Company or the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line; or any successor to an entity referred to in clause (i); or otherwise owned or operated by or on behalf of Iran; and publish in the Federal Register a list of vessels described in paragraph (1), including periodic updates of such list. The Secretary of State shall notify each government the agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registration of a foreign vessel that is included on the list published under subsection (c)(2), that all vessels registered under such government’s authority are subject to the prohibition under subsection

(a)if more than 180 days after such publication the government continues to maintain a registration for a vessel that is included on the list published under subsection (c)(2). Upon receiving a Notice of Arrival under section 160 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013) from a vessel described in (b), the Secretary shall notify the master of such vessel that the vessel may not enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, unless— the Secretary has made a determination described in subsection (a)(2); or the Secretary allows provisional entry of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, under subsection (f). Notwithstanding subsection (e), the Secretary may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a foreign vessel described in subsection (b), if such entry or transfer is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard. This section shall not be construed as authority to restrict the right of innocent passage as recognized under international law. In this section the term foreign vessel has the meaning given that term in section 110 of title 46, United States Code. . The Secretary shall publish a list under section 16(c)(2) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, as amended by this section, by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 13(e) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1232(e) ) is amended by striking section 9 and inserting sections 9 and 16 . Section 4(b)(2) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2) ) is amended by striking section 9 and inserting section 9 or 16 .

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33 USC 1221
33 USC 1232(e)
33 USC 1223(b)(2)

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Sec. 227

Conditions for entry and operation of vessels

Cite33 USC 1221

Cite33 USC 1232(e)

Cite33 USC 1223(b)(2)

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