---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14904"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "14904"
heading: "Additional rate violations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/14904"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders"
  - "Chapter 149 — Civil and Criminal Penalties"
---

# §14904. Additional rate violations

- (a) **Rebates by Agents.—** A [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18), or an officer, employee, or agent of that [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18), that—
  - (1) offers, grants, gives, solicits, accepts, or receives a rebate for concession, in violation of a provision of this part related to [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14) [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md); or
  - (2) by any means assists or permits another [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) to get [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) that is subject to jurisdiction under that subchapter at less than the [rate](/usc/49/10102.md?p=7) in effect for that [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) under [section 13702](/usc/49/13702.md),

  is liable to the [United States](/usc/49/10102.md?p=10) for a civil penalty of $200 for the first violation and $250 for a subsequent violation.

- (b) **Undercharging.—**
  - (1) **Freight forwarder.—** A [freight forwarder](/usc/49/13102.md?p=8) providing service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md), or an officer, agent, or employee of that [freight forwarder](/usc/49/13102.md?p=8), that assists a [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) in getting, or willingly permits a [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) to get, service provided under that subchapter at less than the [rate](/usc/49/10102.md?p=7) in effect for that service under [section 13702](/usc/49/13702.md), is liable to the [United States](/usc/49/10102.md?p=10) for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for the first violation and not more than $2,000 for a subsequent violation.
  - (2) **Others.—** A [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) that by any means gets, or attempts to get, service provided under subchapter III of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md) at less than the [rate](/usc/49/10102.md?p=7) in effect for that service under [section 13702](/usc/49/13702.md), is liable to the [United States](/usc/49/10102.md?p=10) for a civil penalty of not more than $500 for the first violation and not more than $2,000 for a subsequent violation.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 915.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11904 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.