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46 U.S.C. § 70054

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
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/us/usc/t46/s70054
Title
46 — Shipping
Chapter
STVII/CH700
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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In this subchapter:(1) United states.—The term “United States” includes all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (2) Territorial waters.—The term “territorial waters of the United States” includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988. (Added Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 407(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4266.) Editorial Notes References in TextPresidential Proclamation Number 5928, referred to in par. (2), is Proc. No. 5928, Dec. 27, 1988, 54 F.R. 777, which is set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.

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