46 U.S.C. § 2301
Section 2301 · Application
Current version, with additions and removals from the November 13, 1998 version.
Except as provided in section sections 2304 and 2306 of this title, this chapter applies to a vessel operated on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (including the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988) and, for a vessel owned in the United States, on the high seas.