§ 1604. — Vessels not subject to International Regulations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1604]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 30--INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
Sec. 1604. Vessels not subject to International Regulations
(a) The International Regulations do not apply to vessels while in
the waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational
demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other
inland waters of the United States.
(b) Whenever a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States is in the territorial waters of a foreign state the International
Regulations shall be applicable to, and shall be complied with by, that
vessel to the extent that the laws and regulations of the foreign state
are not in conflict therewith.
(Pub. L. 95-75, Sec. 5, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96-591,
Sec. 6(1), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3434.)
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-591 substituted provision providing
that the International Regulations do not apply to vessels while in the
waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational demarcation
lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland
waters of the United States for provisions that had made specific
reference to harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United
States, as defined in section 154 of this title, to the Great Lakes of
North America and their connecting and tributary waters, as defined in
section 241 of this title, and to the Red River of the North and rivers
emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, as defined in
section 301 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-591 effective 12 months after Dec. 24, 1981,
see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-591, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 2001 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1603 of this title.
