---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 40703"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "40703"
heading: "Effective date of rates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/40703"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part A — Ocean Shipping"
  - "Chapter 407 — Controlled Carriers"
---

# §40703. Effective date of rates


Notwithstanding [section 40501(e) of this title](/usc/46/40501.md?p=e) and except for [service contracts](/usc/46/40102.md?p=21), a rate, charge, classification, rule, or regulation of a [controlled carrier](/usc/46/40102.md?p=9) may not become effective, without special permission of the Federal Maritime [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1), until the 30th day after publication.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1536.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 40703 | 46 App.:1708(c) (1st sentence). | Pub. L. 98–237, § 9(c) (1st sentence), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 76; Pub. L. 102–100, § 5(b), Aug. 17, 1991, 105 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, § 108(8), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1908. |