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[CITE: 49USC13521]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                        CHAPTER 135--JURISDICTION
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--WATER CARRIER TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 13521. General jurisdiction

    (a) General Rules.--The Secretary and the Board have jurisdiction 
over transportation insofar as water carriers are concerned--
        (1) by water carrier between a place in a State and a place in 
    another State, even if part of the transportation is outside the 
    United States;
        (2) by water carrier and motor carrier from a place in a State 
    to a place in another State; except that if part of the 
    transportation is outside the United States, the Secretary only has 
    jurisdiction over that part of the transportation provided--
            (A) by motor carrier that is in the United States; and
            (B) by water carrier that is from a place in the United 
        States to another place in the United States; and

        (3) by water carrier or by water carrier and motor carrier 
    between a place in the United States and a place outside the United 
    States, to the extent that--
            (A) when the transportation is by motor carrier, the 
        transportation is provided in the United States;
            (B) when the transportation is by water carrier to a place 
        outside the United States, the transportation is provided by 
        water carrier from a place in the United States to another place 
        in the United States before transshipment from a place in the 
        United States to a place outside the United States; and
            (C) when the transportation is by water carrier from a place 
        outside the United States, the transportation is provided by 
        water carrier from a place in the United States to another place 
        in the United States after transshipment to a place in the 
        United States from a place outside the United States.

    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``State'' and ``United 
States'' include the territories and possessions of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10541 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
