A rail carrier providing transportation or service subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part may not subject a person, place, port, or type of traffic to unreasonable discrimination.
For purposes of this section, a rail carrier engages in unreasonable discrimination when it charges or receives from a person a different compensation for a service rendered, or to be rendered, in transportation the rail carrier may perform under this part than it charges or receives from another person for performing a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances.
This section shall not apply to—
section 10709 of this title contracts described in ;
rail rates applicable to different routes; or
discrimination against the traffic of another carrier providing transportation by any mode.
Differences between rates, classifications, rules, and practices of rail carriers do not constitute a violation of this section if such differences result from different services provided by rail carriers.
Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a)109 Stat. 819(Added , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Pub. L. 95–47392 Stat. 1390Pub. L. 96–296, § 33(d)94 Stat. 825Pub. L. 96–448, title II, § 21294 Stat. 1912Pub. L. 99–521, § 7(h)100 Stat. 2995Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a)A prior section 10741, , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to prohibitions against discrimination by common carriers, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by . See sections 10741 and 15505 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 104–88section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88section 1301 of this titleSection effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .