49 U.S.C. § 13710 — Additional billing and collecting practices

(a) Miscellaneous Provisions. (1) Information relating to basis of rate: A motor carrier of property, other than one moving noncontiguous domestic trade, must — if the shipper asks — give the shipper a written or electronic copy of the rate, classification, rules, and practices behind any rate that applies to its shipment or that the shipper and carrier agreed on. (2) Reasonableness of rates; collecting additional charges: If the person paying the freight charges challenges whether a motor carrier's billed rates and related terms are reasonable, the Board must decide whether they're reasonable under section 13701 or otherwise apply, based on the record. (3) Billing disputes: (A) Initiated by motor carriers: If a motor carrier, other than one moving household goods or noncontiguous domestic trade, wants to collect extra charges the payer disputes, the carrier may ask the Board to decide whether those extra charges must be paid. A carrier must send any bill for extra charges within 180 days of the original bill, or lose the right to collect them. (B) Initiated by shippers: If a shipper wants to dispute the original bill or a later bill for extra charges, the shipper may ask the Board to decide whether the charges must be paid. A shipper must dispute a bill within 180 days of receiving it, or lose the right to contest it. (4) Voiding of certain tariffs: Any tariff on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission on August 26, 1994 that wasn't required to be filed after that date became void that day. Any tariff on file on January 1, 1996 that wasn't required to be filed after that date became void that day too. (b) Resolution of Disputes Over Status of Common Carrier or Contract Carrier: If a motor carrier, other than one moving household goods, that used to be under the old subchapter II of chapter 105 as of December 31, 1995, and that had authority to act as both a motor common carrier and a motor contract carrier, has a dispute about whether transportation it provided before January 1, 1996 was as a common carrier or a contract carrier — and the parties can't work it out themselves — the Board must resolve the dispute.