(a) Subject to this chapter and other law, the Interstate Commerce Commission has jurisdiction over transportation --
(1) by rail carrier, express carrier, sleeping car carrier, water common carrier, and pipeline carrier that is-
(A) only by railroad;
(B) by railroad and water, when the transportation is under common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment; or
(C) by pipeline or by pipeline and railroad or water when transporting a commodity other than water, gas, or oil; and
(2) to the extent such jurisdiction is not limited by subsection (b) of this section or the extent the transportation is in the United States and is between a place in-
(A) a State and a place in another State;
(B) the District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia;
(C) a State and a place in a territory or possession of the United States;
(D) a territory or possession of the United States and a place in another such territory or possession;
(E) a territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession;
(F) the United States and another place in the United States through a foreign country; or
(G) the United States and a place in a foreign country.
(b) The Commission does not have jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this section over-
(1) the transportation of passengers or property, or the receipt, delivery, storage, or handling of property, entirely in a State (other than the District of Columbia) and not transported between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country except as otherwise provided in this subtitle; or
(2) transportation by a water common carrier when that transportation would be subject to this subchapter only because the water common carrier absorbs, out of its porttoport water rates or out of its proportional through rates, a switching, terminal, lighterage, car rental, trackage, handling, or other charge by a rail carrier for services in the switching, drayage, lighterage, or corporate limits of a port terminal or district.
(c) This subtitle does not affect the power of a State, in exercising its police power, to require reasonable intrastate transportation by carriers providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under this subchapter unless
(1) the transportation is deemed to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission pursuant to section 11501(b)(4)(B) of this title, or
(2) the State requirement is inconsistent with an order of the Commission issued under this subtitle or is prohibited under this subtitle.
(d) The jurisdiction of the Commission and of State authorities (to the extent such authorities are authorized to administer the standards and procedures of this subtitle pursuant to this section and section 11501(b) of this title) over transportation by rail carriers, and the remedies provided in this subtitle with respect to the rates, classifications, rules, and practices of such carriers, is exclusive.
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