Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§41507 Authority of the Secretary of Transportation to Change Prices, Classifications, Rules, and Practices for Foreign Air Transportation

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation can change or stop any price, or any rule, classification, or practice that affects a price or the value of a foreign airline trip, when it is or will be unfair or discriminatory. The Secretary can act on their own or after someone files a complaint, but must give notice and a chance for a hearing first.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §41507

Transportation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)General.—
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)When Secretary May Act.—
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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

49 U.S.C. § 41507

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110