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33 U.S.C. § 1483

Foreign government ships; immunity

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 1483, Foreign government ships; immunity, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469165
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No measures may be taken under authority of this chapter against any warship or other ship owned or operated by a country and used, for the time being, only on Government noncommercial service.

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 93-248(S. 1070)1974-02-05
    Intervention on the High Seas Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally