---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stIV/ptB/ch137"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 137"
heading: "Rates and Through Routes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stIV-ptB-ch137"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 137 — Rates and Through Routes

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation › Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders

## Sections

- [§13701. Requirements for reasonable rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices for certain transportation](/usc/49/13701.md)
- [§13702. Tariff requirement for certain transportation](/usc/49/13702.md)
- [§13703. Certain collective activities; exemption from antitrust laws](/usc/49/13703.md)
- [§13704. Household goods rates—estimates; guarantees of service](/usc/49/13704.md)
- [§13705. Requirements for through routes among motor carriers of passengers](/usc/49/13705.md)
- [§13706. Liability for payment of rates](/usc/49/13706.md)
- [§13707. Payment of rates](/usc/49/13707.md)
- [§13708. Billing and collecting practices](/usc/49/13708.md)
- [§13709. Procedures for resolving claims involving unfiled, negotiated transportation rates](/usc/49/13709.md)
- [§13710. Additional billing and collecting practices](/usc/49/13710.md)
- [§13711. Alternative procedure for resolving undercharge disputes](/usc/49/13711.md)
- [§13712. Government traffic](/usc/49/13712.md)
- [§13713. Food and grocery transportation](/usc/49/13713.md)