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§42102 Regulations of Other Agencies

Title 46 › Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping › Part B — Actions To Address Foreign Practices › CHAPTER 421 — REGULATIONS AFFECTING SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE › § 42102

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Federal Maritime Commission must ask heads of other federal agencies to stop, change, cancel, or make rules that affect shipping in foreign trade. That does not include rules about the Public Health Service, the Consular Service, or vessel inspections. Other agencies may not put those foreign-shipping rules into effect until they send them to the Commission and the Commission or the President acts. If an agency ignores a Commission request or objects to the Commission’s decision, either the agency or the Commission can take the matter to the President, who can approve, pause, change, or cancel the rule.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §42102

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(a)Request to Agency.—
To further the objectives and policy set forth in section 50101 of this title, the Federal Maritime Commission shall request the head of a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government to suspend, modify, or annul any existing regulations, or to make new regulations, affecting shipping in the foreign trade, except regulations relating to the Public Health Service, the Consular Service, or the inspection of vessels.
(b)Prior Review and Approval.—
A department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government may not prescribe a regulation affecting shipping in the foreign trade (except a regulation affecting the Public Health Service, the Consular Service, or the inspection of vessels) until the regulation has been submitted to the Commission for its approval and final action has been taken by the Commission or the President.
(c)Submission to President.—
If the head of a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government refuses to comply with a request under subsection (a) or objects to a decision of the Commission under subsection (b), the Commission or the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality may submit the facts to the President. The President may establish, suspend, modify, or annul the regulation.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 42102(a)46 App.:876(a)(3).June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 19(a)(3), (b), (c), 41 Stat. 995; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, title IX, § 904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(46), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 157; Pub. L. 105–258, title III, § 301, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1915. 42102(b)46 App.:876(b). 42102(c)46 App.:876(c). In this section, the words “department, agency, or instrumentality” are substituted for “department, board, bureau, or agency” for consistency in the revised title. The words “the inspection of vessels” are substituted for “the steamboat inspection service” because the Steamboat Inspection Service has been abolished and its functions are now carried out by the Coast Guard. In subsection (a), the word “shall” is substituted for “is authorized and directed” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 42102

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110