§ 8168.
In any foreign port where there is no resident consul of the United States, or on the high seas, the senior officer present afloat has the powers of a consul in relation to mariners of the United States.
([Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041], [70A Stat. 372], § 5948; renumbered § 8168, [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(5)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1834].)