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[CITE: 49USC13501]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                        CHAPTER 135--JURISDICTION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 13501. General jurisdiction

    The Secretary and the Board have jurisdiction, as specified in this 
part, over transportation by motor carrier and the procurement of that 
transportation, to the extent that passengers, property, or both, are 
transported by motor carrier--
        (1) between a place in--
            (A) a State and a place in another State;
            (B) a State and another place in the same State through 
        another State;
            (C) the United States and a place in a territory or 
        possession of the United States to the extent the transportation 
        is in the United States;
            (D) the United States and another place in the United States 
        through a foreign country to the extent the transportation is in 
        the United States; or
            (E) the United States and a place in a foreign country to 
        the extent the transportation is in the United States; and

        (2) in a reservation under the exclusive jurisdiction of the 
    United States or on a public highway.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 859.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10521 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. 
L. 104-88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under 
section 701 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13102, 13502, 13711, 14504, 
31501, 31502 of this title.
