---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 55116"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "55116"
heading: "Canadian rail lines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/55116"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part D — Promotional Programs"
  - "Chapter 551 — Coastwise Trade"
---

# §55116. Canadian rail lines


[Section 55102 of this title](/usc/46/55102.md) does not apply to the transportation of merchandise between points in the continental [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10), including Alaska, over through routes in part over Canadian rail lines and connecting water facilities if the routes are recognized by the Surface Transportation Board and rate tariffs for the routes have been filed with the Board.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1640.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 55116 | 46 App.:883 (3d proviso). | June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 27 (3d proviso), 41 Stat. 999; July 2, 1935, ch. 355, 49 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 85–508, § 27(a), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 104–324, title VII, § 747(1), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3943. |