22 USC § 445 - Travel on vessels of belligerent states

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s445"
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title: "22 USC § 445 - Travel on vessels of belligerent states"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "445"
section_name: "Travel on vessels of belligerent states"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NEUTRALITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 5, 54 Stat. 7.)"
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# § 445. Travel on vessels of belligerent states

**(a)** **Proscription by Presidential proclamation** section 441(a) of this title

Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of  it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of any state named in such proclamation, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.

**(b)** **Revocation of proclamation; effect** section 441(a) of this title

Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of  shall have been revoked with respect to any state the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

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**Source Credit**: (Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 5, 54 Stat. 7.)