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US Communications Act of 1934
CHAPTER 5 - WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 151. Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created.
- § 152. Application of chapter.
- § 153. Definitions.
- § 154. Federal Communications Commission.
- § 155. Commission.
- § 156. Authorization of appropriations.
- § 157. New technologies and services.
- § 158. Application fees.
- § 159. Regulatory fees.
SUBCHAPTER II - COMMON CARRIERS
- § 201. Service and charges.
- § 202. Discriminations and preferences.
- § 203. Schedules of charges.
- § 204. Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing.
- § 205. Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations.
- § 206. Carriers' liability for damages.
- § 207. Recovery of damages.
- § 208. Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation.
- § 209. Orders for payment of money.
- § 210. Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense.
- § 211. Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission.
- § 212. Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities.
- § 213. Valuation of property of carrier.
- § 214. Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity.
- § 215. Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress.
- § 216. Receivers and trustees; application of chapter.
- § 217. Agents' acts and omissions; liability of carrier.
- § 218. Management of business; inquiries by Commission.
- § 219. Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally.
- § 220. Accounts, records, and memoranda.
- § 221. Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies.
- § 222. Repealed.
- § 223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications.
- § 224. Pole attachments.
- § 225. Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals.
- § 226. Telephone operator services.
- § 227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment.
- § 228. Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services.
- § 229. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance.
SUBCHAPTER III - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 301. License for radio communication or transmission of energy.
- § 302. Repealed.
- § 302a. Devices which interfere with radio reception.
- § 303. Powers and duties of Commission.
- § 303a. Standards for children's television programming.
- § 303b. Consideration of children's television service in broadcast license renewal.
- § 303c. Television program improvement.
- § 304. Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum.
- § 305. Government owned stations.
- § 306. Foreign ships; application of section 301.
- § 307. Licenses.
- § 308. Requirements for license.
- § 309. Application for license.
- § 310. License ownership restrictions.
- § 311. Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service.
- § 312. Administrative sanctions.
- § 312a. Revocation of operator's license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances.
- § 313. Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus.
- § 314. Competition in commerce; preservation.
- § 315. Candidates for public office.
- § 316. Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof.
- § 317. Announcement of payment for broadcast.
- § 318. Transmitting apparatus; operator's license.
- § 319. Construction permits.
- § 320. Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation.
- § 321. Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations.
- § 322. Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship.
- § 323. Interference between Government and commercial stations.
- § 324. Use of minimum power.
- § 325. False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions.
- § 326. Censorship.
- § 327. Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates.
- § 328. Repealed.
- § 329. Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions.
- § 330. Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers
- § 331. Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations.
- § 332. Mobile services.
- § 333. Willful or malicious interference.
- § 334. Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations.
- § 335. Direct broadcast satellite service obligations.
PART II - RADIO EQUIPMENT AND RADIO OPERATORS ON BOARD SHIP
- § 351. Ship radio stations and operations.
- § 352. Exemptions.
- § 353. Radio equipment and operators.
- § 353a. Operators and watches on radiotelephone equipped ships.
- § 354. Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelegraph equipped ships.
- § 354a. Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelephone equipped ships.
- § 355. Survival craft.
- § 356. Approval of installations by Commission.
- § 357. Safety information.
- § 358. Master's control over operations.
- § 359. Certificates of compliance; issuance, modification, and cancellation.
- § 360. Station licenses; inspection of equipment by Commission.
- § 361. Control by Commission; review of decisions.
- § 362. Forfeitures; recovery.
PART III - RADIO INSTALLATIONS ON VESSELS CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE
- § 381. Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone.
- § 382. Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement.
- § 383. Exemptions by Commission.
- § 384. Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment.
- § 385. Inspections.
- § 386. Forfeitures.
PART IV - ASSISTANCE FOR PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMONSTRATIONS; CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING; GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBPART A - ASSISTANCE FOR PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- § 390. Declaration of purpose.
- § 391. Authorization of appropriations.
- § 392. Grants for construction.
- § 392a. Repealed.
- § 393. Criteria for approval and expenditures by Secretary.
- § 393a. Long-range planning for facilities.
SUBPART B - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
SUBPART C - TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMONSTRATIONS
SUBPART D - CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
SUBPART E - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 397. Definitions.
- § 398. Federal interference or control.
- § 399. Support of political candidates prohibited.
- § 399a. Use of business or institutional logograms.
- § 399b. Offering of certain services, facilities, or products by public broadcast station.
SUBCHAPTER IV - PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- § 401. Enforcement provisions.
- § 402. Judicial review of Commission's orders and decisions.
- § 403. Inquiry by Commission on its own motion.
- § 404. Reports of investigations.
- § 405. Petition for reconsideration; procedure; disposition; time of filing; additional evidence; time for disposition of petition for reconsideration of order concluding hearing or investigation; appeal of order.
- § 406. Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction.
- § 407. Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys' fees.
- § 408. Order not for payment of money; when effective.
- § 409. Hearings.
- § 410. Joint boards and commissions.
- § 411. Joinder of parties.
- § 412. Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records.
- § 413. Designation of agent for service; method of service.
- § 414. Exclusiveness of chapter.
- § 415. Limitations of actions.
- § 416. Orders of Commission.
SUBCHAPTER V - PENAL PROVISIONS; FORFEITURES
- § 501. General penalty.
- § 502. Violation of rules, regulations, etc.
- § 503. Forfeitures.
- § 504. Forfeitures.
- § 505. Venue of trials.
- § 506. Repealed.
- § 507. Violation of Great Lakes Agreement.
- § 508. Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts.
- § 509. Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance.
- § 510. Forfeiture of communications devices.
SUBCHAPTER V-A - CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART II - USE OF CABLE CHANNELS AND CABLE OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS
- § 531. Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use.
- § 532. Cable channels for commercial use.
- § 533. Ownership restrictions.
- § 534. Carriage of local commercial television signals.
- § 535. Carriage of noncommercial educational television.
- § 536. Regulation of carriage agreements.
- § 537. Sales of cable systems.
PART III - FRANCHISING AND REGULATION
- § 541. General franchise requirements.
- § 542. Franchise fees.
- § 543. Regulation of rates.
- § 544. Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment.
- § 544a. Consumer electronics equipment compatibility.
- § 545. Modification of franchise obligations.
- § 546. Renewal.
- § 547. Conditions of sale.
- § 548. Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution.
PART IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- § 551. Protection of subscriber privacy.
- § 552. Consumer protection and customer service.
- § 553. Unauthorized reception of cable service.
- § 554. Equal employment opportunity.
- § 555. Judicial proceedings.
- § 555a. Limitation of franchising authority liability.
- § 556. Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority.
- § 557. Existing franchises.
- § 558. Criminal and civil liability.
- § 559. Obscene programming.
SUBCHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- § 601. Interstate Commerce Commission and Postmaster General; duties, powers, and functions transferred to Commission.
- § 602, 603. Repealed.
- § 604. Effect of transfer.
- § 605. Unauthorized publication or use of communications.
- § 606. War powers of President.
- § 607. Effective date of chapter.
- § 608. Separability.
- § 609. Short title.
- § 610. Telephone service for disabled.
- § 611. Closed-captioning of public service announcements.
- § 612. Syndicated exclusivity.
- § 613. Repealed.
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