{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-151.2020","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 151.2020","heading":"Vessels in innocent passage.","body":"A foreign vessel that is merely traversing the territorial sea of the United States (unless bound for, entering or departing a U.S. port or navigating the internal waters of the U.S.) does not fall within the applicability of this subpart.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION","PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER","Subpart D—Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species in Waters of the United States"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"eb2ca82f4c16e1833dfd3fd457f5e7499a5ebff8aba76d60b37581246105e931","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-151.2015","next":"us/33-cfr-151.2025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}