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46 U.S.C. § 70033 — Limitation on application to foreign vessels

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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. (1)innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or
  2. (2)transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.