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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1230. International agreements
(a) Transmittal of regulations
The Secretary shall transmit, via the Secretary of State, to
appropriate international bodies or forums, any regulations issued
under this chapter, for consideration as international standards.
(b) Agreements
The President is authorized and encouraged to -
(1) enter into negotiations and conclude and execute agreements
with neighboring nations, to establish compatible vessel
standards and vessel traffic services, and to establish, operate,
and maintain international vessel traffic services, in areas and
under circumstances of mutual concern; and
(2) enter into negotiations, through appropriate international
bodies, and conclude and execute agreements to establish vessel
traffic services in appropriate areas of the high seas.
(c) Operations
The Secretary, pursuant to any agreement negotiated under
subsection (b) of this section which is binding upon the United
States in accordance with constitutional requirements, may -
(1) require vessels in the vessel traffic service area to
utilize or to comply with the vessel traffic service, including
the carrying or installation of equipment and devices as
necessary for the use of the service; and
(2) waive, by order or regulation, the application of any
United States law or regulation concerning the design,
construction, operation, equipment, personnel qualifications, and
manning standards for vessels operating in waters over which the
United States exercises jurisdiction if such vessel is not en
route to or from a United States port or place, and if vessels en
route to or from a United States port or place are accorded
equivalent waivers of laws and regulations of the neighboring
nation, when operating in waters over which that nation exercises
jurisdiction.
(d) Ship reporting systems
The Secretary, in cooperation with the International Maritime
Organization, is authorized to implement and enforce two mandatory
ship reporting systems, consistent with international law, with
respect to vessels subject to such reporting systems entering the
following areas of the Atlantic Ocean: Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts
Bay, and Great South Channel (in the area generally bounded by a
line starting from a point on Cape Ann, Massachusetts at 42 deg.
39' N., 70 deg. 37' W; then northeast to 42 deg. 45' N., 70 deg.
13' W; then southeast to 42 deg. 10' N., 68 deg. 31 W, then south
to 41 deg. 00' N., 68 deg. 31' W; then west to 41 deg. 00' N., 69
deg. 17' W; then northeast to 42 deg. 05' N., 70 deg. 02' W, then
west to 42 deg. 04' N., 70 deg. 10' W; and then along the
Massachusetts shoreline of Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay back
to the point on Cape Ann at 42 deg. 39' N., 70 deg. 37' W) and in
the coastal waters of the Southeastern United States within about
25 nm along a 90 nm stretch of the Atlantic seaboard (in an area
generally extending from the shoreline east to longitude 80 deg.
51.6' W with the southern and northern boundary at latitudes 30
deg. 00' N., 31 deg. 27' N., respectively).
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