Statute: Freight Forwarder Service -- General Jurisdiciton

49 U.S.C.A. § 13531

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United States Code Annotated Currentness
Title 49. Transportation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle IV. Interstate Transportation (Refs & Annos)
Part B. Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 135. Jurisdiction (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter III. Freight Forwarder Service (Refs & Annos)
§ 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.

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(Added Pub.L. 104-88, Title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865.)
Current through P.L. 112-209 approved 12-18-12
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