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type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 40706"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "407"
chapter_name: "CONTROLLED CARRIERS"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 40706"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 40706 - Exceptions

## Text

This chapter does not apply to—

(1) a controlled carrier of a foreign country whose vessels are entitled by a treaty of the United States to receive national or most-favored-nation treatment; or

(2) a trade served only by controlled carriers.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1537.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4070646 App.:1708(f).Pub. L. 98–237, § 9(f), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 77; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 108(17)–(19), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1909. In paragraph (1), the words “foreign country” are substituted for “state” for clarity and consistency.