46 U.S.C. § 4301 - Application

• Cite as: 46 U.S.C. § 4301

(a) This chapter applies to a recreational vessel and associated equipment carried in the vessel 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.

(b) Except when expressly otherwise provided, this chapter does not apply to a foreign vessel temporarily operating on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(c) Until there is a final judicial decision that they are navigable waters of the United States, the following waters lying entirely in New Hampshire are declared not to be waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of this section: Lake Winnisquam, Lake Winnipesaukee, parts of the Merrimack River, and their tributary and connecting waters.

Cite as 46 U.S.C. § 4301

Source: Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 105-383, title III, §301(b)(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3417.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/30/2021

Section 4301 provides that this chapter is applicable to a recreational vessel that operates on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or that is owned in the United States and while operating on the high seas.