2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - Submarine Cables
Sec. 34 - Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for

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Citation 47 U.S.C. § 34 (2017)
Section Name §34. Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
Section Text

No person shall land or operate in the United States any submarine cable directly or indirectly connecting the United States with any foreign country, or connecting one portion of the United States with any other portion thereof, unless a written license to land or operate such cable has been issued by the President of the United States. The conditions of sections 34 to 39 of this title shall not apply to cables, all of which, including both terminals, lie wholly within the continental United States.

Source Credit

(May 27, 1921, ch. 12, §1, 42 Stat. 8.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

For delegation of functions, vested in President by sections 34 to 39 of this title, to Federal Communications Commission, see section 5(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10530, eff. May 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 2709, set out under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 34 - Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
Contains section 34
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 42 Stat. 8
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