2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 1 - Telegraphs
Sec. 15 - Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act; power to fix rates and purchase lines
| 47 U.S.C. § 15 (2017) |
| §15. Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act; power to fix rates and purchase lines |
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Nothing in sections 9 to 15 of this title shall be construed to affect or impair the right of Congress, at any time hereafter, to alter, amend, or repeal sections 1 to 6 and 8 1 of this title; and sections 9 to 15 of this title shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal as, in the opinion of Congress, justice or the public welfare may require; and nothing herein contained shall be held to deny, exclude, or impair any right or remedy in the premises now or hereafter existing in the United States, or the authority of the Federal Communications Commission under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.], to prescribe charges, classifications, regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to Government communications. |
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(Aug. 7, 1888, ch. 772, §7, 25 Stat. 385; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, §49, 68 Stat. 1244.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 1 to 6 and 8 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by act July 16, 1947, ch. 256, §1, 61 Stat. 327. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 5 (§151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, corrected references and struck out obsolete material. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
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| Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 1 - TELEGRAPHS Sec. 15 - Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act; power to fix rates and purchase lines |
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| 25 Stat. 385 48 Stat. 1064 61 Stat. 327 68 Stat. 1244 |
