2014 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation (Sections 101 - 80504)
Subtitle IV - Interstate Transportation (Sections 10101 - 16106)
Part B - Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders (Sections 13101 - 14916)
Chapter 135 - Jurisdiction (Sections 13501 - 13541)
Subchapter III - Freight Forwarder Service (Sections 13531 - 13531)
Sec. 13531 - General jurisdiction
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | 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 |
Contains | section 13531 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 109 Stat. 865 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 104-88 |
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(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, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions 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, §102(a).
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