§ 13521. General jurisdiction

• (a) The Secretary and the Board have jurisdiction over transportation insofar as water carriers are concerned—
  • (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;
  • (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—
    • (A) by motor carrier that is in the United States; and
    • (B) by water carrier that is from a place in the United States to another place in the United States; and
  • (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—
    • (A) when the transportation is by motor carrier, the transportation is provided in the United States;
    • (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
    • (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.
• (b) In this section, the terms “State” and “United States” include the territories and possessions of the United States.