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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 700— PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY · SUBCHAPTER IV— DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, INVESTIGATORY POWERS, APPLICABILITY · § 70033

§ 70033. Limitation on application to foreign vessels

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Except pursuant to international treaty, convention, or agreement, to which the United States is a party, subchapters I through III and this subchapter shall not apply to any foreign vessel that is not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and that is in—
(1)innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or
(2)transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.
(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 401(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4261; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8507(a)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4753.)
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