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[CITE: 49USC13903]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                        CHAPTER 139--REGISTRATION
 
Sec. 13903. Registration of freight forwarders

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall register a person to provide 
service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of chapter 135 as a 
freight forwarder if the Secretary finds that the person is fit, 
willing, and able to provide the service and to comply with this part 
and applicable regulations of the Secretary and the Board.
    (b) Registration as Carrier Required.--The freight forwarder may 
provide transportation as the carrier itself only if the freight 
forwarder also has registered to provide transportation as a carrier 
under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 884.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10923 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13905, 13906, 14707, 14708 
of this title.
