46 U.S.C. § 2301

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 2301 - Application

Except as provided in sections 2304 and 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.

46 U.S.C. § 2301

Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 98-498, title II, §212(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2305; Pub. L. 105-383, title III, §301(b)(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3417; Pub. L. 109-304, §15(7), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1702.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
2301	46:480

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.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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

AMENDMENTS2006- Pub. L. 109-304 substituted "sections 2304 and" for "section". 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".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

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.