46 USC 70022 – Prohibition on entry and operation
(a)
(1)
(2)
(A)
(i) a vessel described in subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary of State determines that—
(I) the vessel is owned or operated by or on behalf of a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines is closely cooperating with the United States with respect to implementing the applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions (as such term is defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016); or
(II) it is in the national security interest not to apply the prohibition to such vessel; or
(ii) a vessel described in subsection (b)(2), if the Secretary of State determines that the vessel is no longer registered as described in that subsection.
(B)
(C)
Terms Used In 46 USC 70022
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
- vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
(b)
(1) is on the most recent list of vessels published in Federal 1 Register under subsection (c)(2); or
(2) more than 180 days after the publication of such list, is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 1958 Convention on the High Seas entered into force on September 30, 1962, by a government the agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registration of a vessel that is included on such list.
(c)
(1) maintain timely information on the registrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that are known to be—
(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of the Government of North Korea or a North Korean person;
(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country in which a sea port is located, the operator of which the President has identified in the most recent report submitted under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016; or
(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country identified by the President as a country that has not complied with the applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions (as such term is defined in section 3 of such Act); and
(2) periodically publish in the Federal Register a list of the vessels described in paragraph (1).
(d)
(1)
(2)
(e)
(1) the Secretary of State has made a determination under subsection (a)(2); or
(2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating allows provisional entry of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, under subsection (f).
(f)
(g)