46 USC § 70033
Limitation on application to foreign vessels
through Pub. L. 116-344, except Pub. Ls. 116-260 and 116-283
USC

Except pursuant to international treaty, convention, or agreement, to which the United States is a party, subchapters A through C 1 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.

1 So in original. Probably should be "subchapters I through III".

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