§ 3201. Definitions

In this chapter—

• (1) “International Safety Management Code” has the same meaning given that term in chapter IX of the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;
• (2) “responsible person” means—
  • (A) the owner of a vessel to which this chapter applies; or
  • (B) any other person that has—
    • (i) assumed the responsibility for operation of a vessel to which this chapter applies from the owner; and
    • (ii) agreed to assume with respect to the vessel responsibility for complying with all the requirements of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter.
• (3) “vessel engaged on a foreign voyage” means a vessel to which this chapter applies—
  • (A) arriving at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
  • (B) making a voyage between places outside the United States; or
  • (C) departing from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country.