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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 13521"
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description: "General jurisdiction"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "135"
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chapter_name: "JURISDICTION"
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section: "13521"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 13521"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 13521 - General jurisdiction
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## Text
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(a) General Rules.— The Secretary and the Board have jurisdiction over transportation insofar as water carriers are concerned—
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(1) by water carrier between a place in a State and a place in another State, even if part of the transportation is outside the United States;
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(2) by water carrier and motor carrier from a place in a State to a place in another State; except that if part of the transportation is outside the United States, the Secretary only has jurisdiction over that part of the transportation provided—
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(A) by motor carrier that is in the United States; and
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(B) by water carrier that is from a place in the United States to another place in the United States; and
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(3) by water carrier or by water carrier and motor carrier between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States, to the extent that—
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(A) when the transportation is by motor carrier, the transportation is provided in the United States;
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(B) when the transportation is by water carrier to a place outside the United States, the transportation is provided by water carrier from a place in the United States to another place in the United States before transshipment from a place in the United States to a place outside the United States; and
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(C) when the transportation is by water carrier from a place outside the United States, the transportation is provided by water carrier from a place in the United States to another place in the United States after transshipment to a place in the United States from a place outside the United States.
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(b) Definitions.— In this section, the terms “State” and “United States” include the territories and possessions of the United States.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 865.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10541 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective 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.
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