2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 6 - Communications Satellite System
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 703 - Satellite service report

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Citation 47 U.S.C. § 703 (2017)
Section Name §703. Satellite service report
Section Text (a) Annual report

The Federal Communications Commission shall review competitive market conditions with respect to domestic and international satellite communications services and shall include in an annual report an analysis of those conditions. The Commission shall transmit a copy of the report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.

(b) Content

The Commission shall include in the report—

(1) an identification of the number and market share of competitors in domestic and international satellite markets;

(2) an analysis of whether there is effective competition in the market for domestic and international satellite services; and

(3) a list of any foreign nations in which legal or regulatory practices restrict access to the market for satellite services in such nation in a manner that undermines competition or favors a particular competitor or set of competitors.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 109–34, §4, July 12, 2005, 119 Stat. 377.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 which comprises this chapter.

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 6 - COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 703 - Satellite service report
Contains section 703
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 119 Stat. 377
Public Law References Public Law 109-34
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