Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 55101: Application of coastwise laws
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Except as provided in subsection (b), the coastwise laws apply to the United States, including the island territories and possessions of the United States. American Samoa; the Northern Mariana Islands, except as provided in section 502(b) of the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America ( 48 U.S.C. 1801 note); or the Virgin Islands until the President declares by proclamation that the coastwise laws apply to the Virgin Islands.
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