---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 42105"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "42105"
heading: "Disclosure to public"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/42105"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part B — Actions To Address Foreign Practices"
  - "Chapter 421 — Regulations Affecting Shipping in Foreign Trade"
---

# §42105. Disclosure to public


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Maritime [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1) may refuse to disclose to the public a response or other information submitted to it under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1550.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 42105 | 46 App.:876(h). | June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 19(h); as added Pub. L. 101–595, title I, § 103(2), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2979; Pub. L. 105–258, title III, § 301, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1915. |