33 U.S.C. § 382 : US Code - Section 382: Seizure of piratical vessels generally

Search 33 U.S.C. § 382 : US Code - Section 382: Seizure of piratical vessels generally

The President is authorized to instruct the commanders of the
public armed vessels of the United States to subdue, seize, take,
and send into any port of the United States, any armed vessel or
boat, or any vessel or boat, the crew whereof shall be armed, and
which shall have attempted or committed any piratical aggression,
search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, upon any vessel of the
United States, or of the citizens thereof, or upon any other
vessel; and also to retake any vessel of the United States, or its
citizens, which may have been unlawfully captured upon the high
seas.