---
type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 9306"
description: "State regulation prohibited"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "93"
chapter_name: "GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE"
section: "9306"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 9306"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s9306"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
source_hash: "86a0c29ae62dbd98d524b500ab3f7e18194ddf280bc9d931b17e4979ed8fd896"
raw_snapshot_hash: "eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f"
text_hash: "248738c9245a3915259fb9c16cde48a4929064533a874e4ef667989fd23c8801"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 46 U.S.C. § 9306 - State regulation prohibited

## Text

A State or political subdivision of a State may not regulate or impose any requirement on pilotage on the Great Lakes.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 930646:216g 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).