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 .)