49 U.S.C. § 13531 — General jurisdiction

(a) In general: The Secretary and the Board have authority, as this part sets out, over service that a freight forwarder provides or is authorized or required to provide, as long as the transportation happens in the United States and is between (1) a place in one state and a place in another state, even if part of the trip is outside the U.S.; (2) a place in a state and another place in the same state, passing through a place outside that state; or (3) a place in the U.S. and a place outside the U.S. (b) Exemption of certain air carrier service: Neither the Secretary nor the Board regulates freight forwarder service that uses transportation provided by an air carrier already covered by part A of subtitle VII of this title.