22 U.S.C. § 256 : US Code - Section 256: Jurisdiction of consular officers in disputes between seamen

Search 22 U.S.C. § 256 : US Code - Section 256: Jurisdiction of consular officers in disputes between seamen

Whenever it is stipulated by treaty or convention between the
United States and any foreign nation that the consul general,
consuls, vice consuls, or consular or commercial agents of each
nation, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies,
difficulties, or disorders arising at sea or in the waters or ports
of the other nation, between the master or officers and any of the
crew, or between any of the crew themselves, of any vessel
belonging to the nation represented by such consular officer, such
stipulations shall be executed and enforced within the jurisdiction
of the United States as declared in sections 257 and 258 of this
title. But before this section shall take effect as to the vessels
of any particular nation having such treaty with the United States,
the President shall be satisfied that similar provisions have been
made for the execution of such treaty by the other contracting
party, and shall issue his proclamation to that effect, declaring
this section to be in force as to such nation.