46 USC 40901: License requirement
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46 USC 40901: License requirement Text contains those laws in effect on January 8, 2008
From Title 46-SHIPPINGSubtitle IV-Regulation of Ocean ShippingPart A-Ocean ShippingCHAPTER 409-OCEAN TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES
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§40901. License requirement

(a) In General.-A person in the United States may not act as an ocean transportation intermediary unless the person holds an ocean transportation intermediary's license issued by the Federal Maritime Commission. The Commission shall issue a license to a person that the Commission determines to be qualified by experience and character to act as an ocean transportation intermediary.

(b) Exception.-A person whose primary business is the sale of merchandise may forward shipments of the merchandise for its own account without an ocean transportation intermediary's license.

( Pub. L. 109–304, §7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1538 .)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
40901(a) 46 App.:1718(a). Pub. L. 98–237, §19(a), (d), Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 87 , 88; Pub. L. 105–258, title I, §116, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1912 .
40901(b) 46 App.:1718(d).