---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3804"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "3804"
heading: "Compliance with international law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/3804"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Clean Hulls"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §3804. Compliance with international law


Any action taken under this chapter shall be taken in accordance with treaties to which the [United States](/usc/33/3801.md?p=14) is a party and other international obligations of the [United States](/usc/33/3801.md?p=14).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1014, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3025.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title X of Pub. L. 111–281, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3023, which enacted this chapter and repealed chapter 37 (§ 2401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of title X to the Code, see Tables.