Title 49TransportationRelease 119-73

§41507 Authority of the Secretary of Transportation to change prices, classifications, rules, and practices for foreign air transportation

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart subpart ii— - economic regulation › Chapter CHAPTER 415— - PRICING › § 41507

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation may change or stop any price, fare category, rule, or practice an airline uses for foreign flights when it is unfairly discriminatory. The Secretary can set new terms and order the airline to stop the unfair practice. Actions may start on the Secretary’s own or from a complaint, but only after notice and a hearing.

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Title 49, §41507

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(a)When the Secretary of Transportation decides that a price charged or received by an air carrier or foreign air carrier for foreign air transportation, or a classification, rule, or practice affecting that price or the value of the transportation provided under that price, is or will be unreasonably discriminatory, the Secretary may—
(1)change the price, classification, rule, or practice as necessary to correct the discrimination; and
(2)order the air carrier or foreign air carrier to stop charging or collecting the discriminatory price or carrying out the discriminatory classification, rule, or practice.
(b)The Secretary may act under this section on the Secretary’s own initiative or on a complaint filed with the Secretary and only after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 41507(a)49 App.:1482(f) (words after 4th comma).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 1002(f), 72 Stat. 789. 49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(e), 98 Stat. 1704. 41507(b)49 App.:1482(f) (words before 4th comma). 49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E). In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “individual or joint” are omitted as surplus. The words “charged or received” are substituted for “demanded, charged, collected, or received” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “unreasonably discriminatory” are substituted for “unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential, or unduly prejudicial” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. See the revision notes following 49:10101. In clause (2), the words “carrying out” are substituted for “enforcing” for clarity. In subsection (b), the words “opportunity for a” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 41507

Title 49Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73