---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 40306"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "40306"
heading: "Nondisclosure of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/40306"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part A — Ocean Shipping"
  - "Chapter 403 — Agreements"
---

# §40306. Nondisclosure of information


Information and documents (other than an [agreement](/usc/46/40102.md?p=1)) filed with the Federal Maritime [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1) under this chapter are exempt from disclosure under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md) 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](/usc/46/42501.md?p=2) or subcommittee of Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1531.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 40306 | 46 App.:1705(j). | Pub. L. 98–237, § 6(j), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 73. |

The words “judicial proceeding” are substituted for “judicial action or proceeding” to eliminate unnecessary words.