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[CITE: 49USC13531]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                        CHAPTER 135--JURISDICTION
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--FREIGHT FORWARDER SERVICE
 
Sec. 13531. General jurisdiction

    (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Board have jurisdiction, as 
specified in this part, over service that a freight forwarder undertakes 
to provide, or is authorized or required under this part to provide, to 
the extent transportation is provided in the United States and is 
between--
        (1) a place in a State and a place in another State, even if 
    part of the transportation is outside the United States;
        (2) a place in a State and another place in the same State 
    through a place outside the State; or
        (3) a place in the United States and a place outside the United 
    States.

    (b) Exemption of Certain Air Carrier Service.--Neither the Secretary 
nor the Board has jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this section over 
service undertaken by a freight forwarder using transportation of an air 
carrier subject to part A of subtitle VII of this title.

(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 10561 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
