PROHIBITION ON THE ASSERTION OF LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY BEING TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.

SEC. 622. PROHIBITION ON THE ASSERTION OF LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY BEING TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE. (a) Title 37.—Section 406 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(n) No carrier, port agent, warehouseman, freight forwarder, or other person involved in the transportation of property may have any lien on, or hold, impound, or otherwise interfere with, the movement of baggage and household goods being transported under this section.”. (b) Title 10.—Section 2634 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) No carrier, port agent, warehouseman, freight forwarder, or other person involved in the transportation of property may have any lien on, or hold, impound, or otherwise interfere with, the movement of a motor vehicle being transported under this section.”.