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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 13531"
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description: "General jurisdiction"
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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: "13531"
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 13531 - General jurisdiction
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## Text
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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—
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(1) 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) a place in a State and another place in the same State through a place outside the State; or
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(3) a place in the United States and a place outside the United States.
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(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.)
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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 10561 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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