DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

SEC. 4202. DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.(a) Terms Used in This Chapter.—In this subtitle, the terms “carrier”, “household goods”, “motor carrier”, “Secretary”, and “transportation” have the meaning given to such terms in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code.(b) Household Goods Motor Carrier and Individual Shipper in Part B of Subtitle IV of Title 49.—Section 13102 of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 4141 of this Act) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (24) as paragraphs (14) through (26) and by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:“(12) Household goods motor carrier.—“(A) In general.—The term ‘household goods motor carrier’ means a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some or all of the following additional services:“(i) Binding and nonbinding estimates. “(ii) Inventorying. 119 STAT. 1752“(iii) Protective packing and unpacking of individual items at personal residences. “(iv) Loading and unloading at personal residences.“(B) Inclusion.—The term includes any person that is considered to be a household goods motor carrier under regulations, determinations, and decisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that are in effect on the date of enactment of the Household Goods Mover Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2005.“(C) Limited service exclusion.—The term does not include a motor carrier when the motor carrier provides transportation of household goods in containers or trailers that are entirely loaded and unloaded by an individual (other than an employee or agent of the motor carrier). “(13) Individual shipper.—The term ‘individual shipper’ means any person who—“(A) is the shipper, consignor, or consignee of a household goods shipment;“(B) is identified as the shipper, consignor, or consignee on the face of the bill of lading;“(C) owns the goods being transported; and“(D) pays his or her own tariff transportation charges.”.(c) Application of Certain Provisions of Law.—The provisions of title 49, United States Code, and this subtitle (including any amendments made by this subtitle), that relate to the transportation of household goods apply only to a household goods motor carrier (as defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code).