Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§13713 Food and grocery transportation
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › Part PART B— - MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS › Chapter CHAPTER 137— - RATES AND THROUGH ROUTES › § 13713
Summary
Sellers who use the same delivery-zone pricing may legally pay a customer who picks up groceries at the seller’s shipping point. The payment must be offered to everyone equally and cannot be more than the seller’s actual delivery cost for that customer. Congress says any savings from this should go to the final consumer.
Full Legal Text
Title 49, §13713
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be unlawful for a seller of food and grocery products using a uniform zone delivered pricing system to compensate a customer who picks up purchased food and grocery products at the shipping point of the seller if such compensation is available to all customers of the seller on a nondiscriminatory basis and does not exceed the actual cost to the seller of delivery to such customer.
(b)It is the sense of the Congress that any savings accruing to a customer by reason of compensation permitted by subsection (a) of this section should be passed on to the ultimate consumer.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10732 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.
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49 U.S.C. § 13713
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73