{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-70033","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 70033","heading":"Limitation on application to foreign vessels","body":"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) innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or (2) transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 700—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"dc5f847a4e77e9d5e6fbe9e9ab3bad537b2aae83dcaf4c77e7b856af58c89913","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-70032","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-70034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}