US rules for boat manufacturers

[Pat McCotter]

As I was perusing the USC for boat manufacturers I came across this little tidbit

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UNITED STATES CODE ? TITLE 46 ? SHIPPING

CHAPTER 43?RECREATIONAL VESSELS

Sec. 4301?Application

(a) This chapter applies to a recreational vessel and associated equipment carried in the vessel on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (including the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988) and, for a vessel owned in the United States, on the high seas.

(b) Except when expressly otherwise provided, this chapter does not apply to a foreign vessel temporarily operating on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(c) Until there is a final judicial decision that they are navigable waters of the United States, the following waters lying entirely in New Hampshire are declared not to be waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of this section: Lake Winnisquam, Lake Winnipesaukee, parts of the Merrimack River, and their tributary and connecting waters.
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How did NH rate an exception here, I wonder?

[aries]

One of our senators wrote it?