92 STAT. 1366
49 USC 10542.
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PUBLIC LAW 95-473—OCT. 17, 1978
(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 rail carrier or 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 Commission only has jurisdiction over that part of the transportation provided— (A) by rail carrier or 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 rail carrier or 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 rail carrier or 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) If transportation by a carrier would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under both subsection (a) of this section and subchapter I of this chapter, then that transportation is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subsection (a) of this section. However, that transportation is also subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I of this chapter to the extent that this subtitle imposes requirements on transportation by carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subchapter I that are not imposed on transportation by carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under subsection (a) of this section. (c) This subtitle does not— (1) affect the power of a State to regul ate intrastate transportation provided by a water carrier; or (2) authorize the Commission to prescribe or regulate a rate for intrastate transportation by a water carrier. § 10542. Exempt bulk transportation (a)(1) The Interstate Commerce Commission does not have jurisdiction under this subchapter over transportation by a water carrier of commodities in bulk that, under an existing custom of the trade in the handling and transportation of commodities in bulk as of June 1, 1939— (A) are loaded and carried without wrappers or containers; and (B) are received and delivered by the carrier without transportation mark or count.
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