46 USC § 40706 - Exceptions

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title: "46 USC § 40706 - Exceptions"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "40706"
section_name: "Exceptions"
chapter_number: 407
chapter_name: "CONTROLLED CARRIERS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Ocean Shipping"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1537.)"
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# § 40706. Exceptions

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.

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

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40706 | 46 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.