§ 451. — Submarines and armed merchant vessels.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC451]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER II--NEUTRALITY
Sec. 451. Submarines and armed merchant vessels
Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the
President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the
ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or
armed merchant vessels of a foreign state will serve to maintain peace
between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the
commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or to
promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation
thereof, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such submarine or armed
merchant vessel to enter a port or the territorial waters of the United
States or to depart therefrom, except under such conditions and subject
to such limitations as the President may prescribe. Whenever, in his
judgment, the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation
have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the
provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply, except as to
offenses committed prior to such revocation.
(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, Sec. 11, 54 Stat. 9.)
Use of United States Ports and Territorial Waters by Submarines of
Foreign Nations
By Proc. Nos. 2375, Nov. 4, 1939, 4 F.R. 4494, 54 Stat. 2672; 2400,
Apr. 25, 1940, 5 F.R. 1570, 54 Stat. 2699; 2406, May 11, 1940, 5 F.R.
1690, 54 Stat. 2705; 2409, June 10, 1940, 5 F.R. 2192, 54 Stat. 2707;
2445, Nov. 15, 1940, 5 F.R. 4524, 54 Stat. 2672, submarines of France,
Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
Union of South Africa, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and
Greece were denied use of United States ports and territorial waters.
