[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR761.5]

[Page 459-460]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 761_NAVAL DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS; NAVAL AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS, AREAS 
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec. 761.5  Definitions.

    (a) Defense area. A naval defensive sea area, naval airspace 
reservation, or naval administrative area established by Executive order 
of the President.
    (b) Department of Defense. The Department of Defense, including the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
    (c) Entry authorization. A document which authorizes a ship, 
aircraft, or person to enter a defense area.
    (d) Entry Control Commander. A commander empowered to issue entry 
authorizations for one or more defense areas (see Sec. 761.9).
    (e) Excluded person. A person who does not hold a currently valid 
entry authorization for the area concerned and who has been notified by 
an Entry Control Commander that authority for

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him to enter any defense area has been denied, suspended or revoked.
    (f) Foreign nationals. Persons who are not citizens or nationals of 
the United States.
    (g) Military installation. A military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, and/or Coast Guard) activity ashore, having a commanding officer, 
and located in an area having fixed boundaries, within which all persons 
are subject to military control and to the immediate authority of a 
commanding officer.
    (h) Public vessel or aircraft. A ship or aircraft owned by or 
belonging to a government and not engaged in commercial activity.
    (i) Territorial sea--(1) Trust Territory. In accordance with title 
19, section 101(3), of the Trust Territory Code ``* * * that part of the 
sea comprehended within the envelope of all arcs of circles having a 
radius of three marine miles drawn from all points of the barrier reef, 
fringing reef, or other reef system of the Trust Territory, measured 
from the low water line, or, in the absence of such reef system, the 
distance to be measured from the low water line of any island, islet, 
atoll, reef, or rocks within the jurisdiction of the Trust Territory.''
    (2) Other areas. That part of the sea included within the envelope 
of all arcs of circles having a radius of three marine miles with 
centers on the low water line of the coast. For the purpose of this 
definition, the term ``coast'' includes the coasts of islands, islets, 
rocks, atolls, reefs and other areas of land permanently above the high 
water mark.
    (j) Trust Territory Registry. Registration of a ship or aircraft in 
accordance with the laws of the Trust Territory.
    (k) U.S. Registry. Registration of a ship or aircraft in accordance 
with the laws and regulations of the United States.
    (l) U.S. Armed Forces. Military personnel of the Department of 
Defense, the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the United 
States Coast Guard.

[28 FR 13778, Dec. 18, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 10009, June 18, 1970; 
41 FR 28958, July 14, 1976]