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Title 49
» Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › Part PART B— MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS › Chapter CHAPTER 135— JURISDICTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— FREIGHT FORWARDER SERVICE
49 U.S.C. § 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, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865.)Editorial NotesPrior 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).
Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
Royal & Sun All. Ins. PLC v. Ocean World Lines, Inc., 572 F. Supp. 2d 379 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).
“” 49 U.S.C. § 13531 . Sections 11706(a) and 14706(a) are identical in imposing strict liability on a carrier for damage caused by that carrier, or by another carrier engaged in the transport of the goods.”
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