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[CITE: 46USC2301]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
               CHAPTER 23--OPERATION OF VESSELS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2301. Application

    Except as provided in section 2306 of this title, this chapter 
applies to a vessel operated on waters subject to the jurisdiction of 
the United States (including the territorial sea of the United States as 
described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988) 
and, for a vessel owned in the United States, on the high seas.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 98-498, title II, 
Sec. 212(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2305; Pub. L. 105-383, title 
III, Sec. 301(b)(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3417.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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2301..............................  46:480
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    Section 2301 provides that this chapter is applicable to all 
vessels, including foreign flag vessels, when operating on waters 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any vessel owned in 
the United States while operating on the high seas would be included. By 
ownership the Committee means those vessels that are documented or 
numbered under United States laws and those other vessels that are 
neither documented or numbered but are of national origin and are not 
documented under the laws of a foreign nation. This chapter is 
applicable to a foreign flag vessel that is in innocent passage through 
territorial waters of the United States, presently 3 miles seaward, 
whether or not it is bound to or from a port subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States.

                       References in Text

    Presidential Proclamation No. 5928, referred to in text, is set out 
under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-383 inserted ``(including the territorial sea of 
the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of 
December 27, 1988)'' after ``of the United States''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-498 substituted ``Except as provided in section 
2306 of this title, this chapter'' for ``This chapter''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-498 effective 180 days after Oct. 19, 1984, 
see section 214 of Pub. L. 98-498, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2306 of this title.
