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[CITE: 33USC1603]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER 30--INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
 
Sec. 1603. Vessels subject to International Regulations

    Except as provided in section 1604 of this title and subject to the 
provisions of section 1605 of this title, the International Regulations, 
as proclaimed under section 1602 of this title, shall be applicable to, 
and shall be complied with by--
        (1) all vessels, public and private, subject to the jurisdiction 
    of the United States, while upon the high seas or in waters 
    connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels, and
        (2) all other vessels when on waters subject to the jurisdiction 
    of the United States.

(Pub. L. 95-75, Sec. 4, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309.)
