Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73not60
§70033 Limitation on Application to Foreign Vessels
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle VII— Security and Drug Enforcement › Chapter 700— PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY › Subchapter IV— DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, INVESTIGATORY POWERS, APPLICABILITY › § 70033
Summary
Subchapters I–III and this subchapter do not apply to foreign vessels not going to or leaving a U.S. port, passing through U.S. territorial seas or international straits, except by international treaty.
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Title 46, §70033
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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)
(2)transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.
Legislative History
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Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “I through III” for “A through C” in introductory provisions.
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46 U.S.C. § 70033
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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