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type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 40306"
description: "Nondisclosure of information"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "403"
chapter_name: "AGREEMENTS"
section: "40306"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 40306"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 40306 - Nondisclosure of information
## Text
Information and documents (other than an agreement) filed with the Federal Maritime Commission under this chapter are exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 and may not be made public except as may be relevant to an administrative or judicial proceeding. This section does not prevent disclosure to either House of Congress or to a duly authorized committee or subcommittee of Congress.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1531.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4030646 App.:1705(j).Pub. L. 98237, § 6(j), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 73. The words “judicial proceeding” are substituted for “judicial action or proceeding” to eliminate unnecessary words.