---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 13504"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "13504"
heading: "Exempt motor carrier transportation entirely in one State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/13504"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders"
  - "Chapter 135 — Jurisdiction"
  - "Subchapter I — Motor Carrier Transportation"
---

# §13504. Exempt motor carrier transportation entirely in one State


Neither the [Secretary](/usc/49/13102.md?p=20) nor the [Board](/usc/49/10102.md?p=1) has jurisdiction under this subchapter over [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9), except [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) of [household goods](/usc/49/13102.md?p=10), by a [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14) operating solely within the [State](/usc/49/10102.md?p=8) of Hawaii. The [State](/usc/49/10102.md?p=8) of Hawaii may regulate [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) exempt from jurisdiction under this section and, to the extent provided by a [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14) operating solely within the [State](/usc/49/10102.md?p=8) of Hawaii, [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) exempt under [section 13503 of this title](/usc/49/13503.md).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 860.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10525 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.