Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§195 Definitions
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES › § 195
Summary
Defines two terms used in the Act. "United States" means all land and water areas, on the mainland or on islands, that are under U.S. authority. "Territorial waters of the United States" means the waters of the U.S. territorial sea as set out in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.
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Title 50, §195
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In this Act:
(1)The term “United States” includes all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(2)The term “territorial waters of the United States” includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, means act
June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Presidential Proclamation 5928 of
December 27, 1988, referred to in par. (2), is set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 40 of this title. In the original this section defined “United States” as used in act
June 15, 1917. Other provisions of that act were contained in sections 31 to 42 of this title and certain sections of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure. The definition of “United States” as used in present provisions derived from those former sections is covered by section 5 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–295 added introductory provisions, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, struck out “as used in this Act” before “includes”, and added par. (2). 1979—Pub. L. 96–70 struck out “the Canal Zone and” after “this Act includes”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 of Pub. L. 96–70, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3601 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. SeparabilityAct June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 4, 40 Stat. 231, provided: “If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act [see Tables for classification] shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.”
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 195
Title 50 — War and National Defense
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73