Except pursuant to international treaty, convention, or agreement, to which the United States is a party, subchapters A through C ¹ and this subchapter shall not apply to any foreign vessel that is not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and that is in—

1. (1) innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or
2. (2) transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.

(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 401(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4261.)

¹ So in original. Probably should be “subchapters I through III”.