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Title 47 - Telecommunications (Sections 1 - 1473)
Chapter 5 - Wire or Radio Communication (Sections 151 - 622)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 5 - WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION |
Contains | sections 151 to 622 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 151 - 162)
- Sec. 151 - Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created
- Sec. 152 - Application of chapter
- Sec. 153 - Definitions
- Sec. 154 - Federal Communications Commission
- Sec. 155 - Commission
- Sec. 156 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 157 - New technologies and services
- Sec. 158 - Application fees
- Sec. 159 - Regulatory fees
- Sec. 160 - Competition in provision of telecommunications service
- Sec. 161 - Regulatory reform
- Sec. 162 - Additional research authorities of the FCC
- Subchapter II - Common Carriers (Sections 201 - 276)
- Subchapter III - Special Provisions Relating to Radio (Sections 301 - 399b)
- Part I - General Provisions (Sections 301 - 342)
- Part II - Radio Equipment and Radio Operators on Board Ship (Sections 351 - 363)
- Part III - Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire (Sections 381 - 386)
- Part IV - Assistance for Planning and Construction of Public Telecommunications Facilities; Telecommunications Demonstrations; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; General Provisions (Sections 390 - 399b)
- Subchapter IV - Procedural and Administrative Provisions (Sections 401 - 416)
- Sec. 401 - Enforcement provisions
- Sec. 402 - Judicial review of Commission's orders and decisions
- Sec. 403 - Inquiry by Commission on its own motion
- Sec. 404 - Reports of investigations
- Sec. 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
- Sec. 406 - Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction
- Sec. 407 - Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys' fees
- Sec. 408 - Order not for payment of money; when effective
- Sec. 409 - Hearings
- Sec. 410 - Joint boards and commissions
- Sec. 411 - Joinder of parties
- Sec. 412 - Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records
- Sec. 413 - Designation of agent for service; method of service
- Sec. 414 - Exclusiveness of chapter
- Sec. 415 - Limitations of actions
- Sec. 416 - Orders of Commission
- Subchapter V - Penal Provisions; Forfeitures (Sections 501 - 510)
- Sec. 501 - General penalty
- Sec. 502 - Violation of rules, regulations, etc.
- Sec. 503 - Forfeitures
- Sec. 504 - Forfeitures
- Sec. 505 - Venue of trials
- Sec. 506 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-507, §1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747
- Sec. 507 - Violation of Great Lakes Agreement
- Sec. 508 - Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts
- Sec. 509 - Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance
- Sec. 510 - Forfeiture of communications devices
- Subchapter V-A - Cable Communications (Sections 521 - 573)
- Part I - General Provisions (Sections 521 - 522)
- Part II - Use of Cable Channels and Cable Ownership Restrictions (Sections 531 - 537)
- Part III - Franchising and Regulation (Sections 541 - 549)
- Part IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 551 - 561)
- Part V - Video Programming Services Provided by Telephone Companies (Sections 571 - 573)
- Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 601 - 622)
- Sec. 601 - Interstate Commerce Commission and Postmaster General; duties, powers, and functions transferred to Commission
- Secs. 602, 603 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-414, title III, §304(a)(13), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4297
- Sec. 604 - Effect of transfer
- Sec. 605 - Unauthorized publication or use of communications
- Sec. 606 - War powers of President
- Sec. 607 - Effective date of chapter
- Sec. 608 - Separability
- Sec. 609 - Short title
- Sec. 610 - Telephone service for disabled
- Sec. 611 - Closed-captioning of public service announcements
- Sec. 612 - Syndicated exclusivity
- Sec. 613 - Video programming accessibility
- Sec. 614 - Telecommunications Development Fund
- Sec. 615 - Support for universal emergency telephone number
- Sec. 615a - Service provider parity of protection
- Sec. 615a-1 - Duty to provide 9-1-1 and enhanced 9-1-1 service
- Sec. 615b - Definitions
- Sec. 615c - Emergency Access Advisory Committee
- Sec. 616 - Internet protocol-based relay services
- Sec. 617 - Access to advanced communications services and equipment
- Sec. 618 - Enforcement and recordkeeping obligations
- Sec. 619 - Internet browsers built into telephones used with public mobile services
- Sec. 620 - Relay services for deaf-blind individuals
- Sec. 621 - Rulemaking on loud commercials required
- Sec. 622 - Optional electronic labeling of communications equipment
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