---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 9306"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "9306"
heading: "State regulation prohibited"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/9306"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part F — Manning of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 93 — Great Lakes Pilotage"
---

# §9306. State regulation prohibited


A State or political subdivision of a State may not regulate or impose any requirement on pilotage on the [Great Lakes](/usc/46/9301.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 559.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 9306 | 46:216g |

Section 9306 prohibits State or local regulations of pilotage on the Great Lakes and is part of the exception provided by law envisioned under section 8501(a).