2014 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation (Sections 101 - 80504)
Subtitle IV - Interstate Transportation (Sections 10101 - 16106)
Part A - Rail (Sections 10101 - 11908)
Chapter 107 - Rates (Sections 10701 - 10747)
Subchapter III - Limitations (Sections 10741 - 10747)
Sec. 10741 - Prohibitions against discrimination by rail carriers
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION PART A - RAIL CHAPTER 107 - RATES SUBCHAPTER III - LIMITATIONS Sec. 10741 - Prohibitions against discrimination by rail carriers |
Contains | section 10741 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 819. |
Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 1390 94 Stat. 825, 1912 100 Stat. 2995 109 Stat. 819 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 95-473, Public Law 96-296, Public Law 96-448, Public Law 99-521, Public Law 104-88 |
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(a)(1) A rail carrier providing transportation or service subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part may not subject a person, place, port, or type of traffic to unreasonable discrimination.
(2) For purposes of this section, a rail carrier engages in unreasonable discrimination when it charges or receives from a person a different compensation for a service rendered, or to be rendered, in transportation the rail carrier may perform under this part than it charges or receives from another person for performing a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances.
(b) This section shall not apply to—
(1) contracts described in section 10709 of this title;
(2) rail rates applicable to different routes; or
(3) discrimination against the traffic of another carrier providing transportation by any mode.
(c) Differences between rates, classifications, rules, and practices of rail carriers do not constitute a violation of this section if such differences result from different services provided by rail carriers.
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 819.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 10741, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1390; Pub. L. 96–296, §33(d), July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 825; Pub. L. 96–448, title II, §212, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1912; Pub. L. 99–521, §7(h), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2995, related to prohibitions against discrimination by common carriers, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a). See sections 10741 and 15505 of this title.
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