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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-407/section-40701.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 40701"
+description: "Rates"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "407"
+chapter_name: "CONTROLLED CARRIERS"
+section: "40701"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 40701"
+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/s40701"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 40701 - Rates
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In General.— A controlled carrier may not—
+
+(1) maintain a rate or charge in a tariff or service contract, or charge or assess a rate, that is below a just and reasonable level; or
+
+(2) establish, maintain, or enforce in a tariff or service contract a classification, rule, or regulation that results, or is likely to result, in the carriage or handling of cargo at a rate or charge that is below a just and reasonable level.
+
+(b) Commission Prohibition.— The Federal Maritime Commission, at any time after notice and opportunity for a hearing, may prohibit the publication or use of a rate, charge, classification, rule, or regulation that a controlled carrier has failed to demonstrate is just and reasonable.
+
+(c) Burden of Proof.— In a proceeding under this section, the burden of proof is on the controlled carrier to demonstrate that its rate, charge, classification, rule, or regulation is just and reasonable.
+
+(d) Voidness.— A rate, charge, classification, rule, or regulation that has been suspended or prohibited by the Commission is void and its use is unlawful.
+
+(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1535.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4070146 App.:1708(a).Pub. L. 98–237, § 9(a), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 76; Pub. L. 102–100, § 5(a), Aug. 17, 1991, 105 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 108(1)–(4), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1908.