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Equipment)

385 [Inspections

386 Forfeitures)

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96

Part IV. Assistance for Public Telecommunications Facilities: Telecom-

munications, Demonstrations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

SUBPART A-AssistANCE FOR PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

Declaration of Purpose.

Authorization of Appropriations

Grants for Construction and Planning.

Criteria for Approval and Expenditures by Secretary of Commerce

Long-Range Planning for Facilities .

SUBPART B-TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMONSTRATIONS

Assistance for Demonstration Projects..

SUBPART C–CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

(Corporation for Public Broadcasting)...

(a) Declaration of Policy

(b) Corporation established

(c) Board of Directors

(d) Election of Vice Chairman; Compensation

(e) Officers and Employees

(f) Nonprofit and Nonpolitical Nature of the Corporation

(g) Purposes and Activities of Corporation

(h) Interconnection Service

(i) Report to Congress

(j) Right to Repeal, Alter, or Amend

(k) Financing; Open Meetings and Financial Records

(1) Records and Audit

Federal Interference or Control Prohibited; Equal Employment Op

portunity...

Editorializing and Support of Political Candidates Prohibited

Use of Business or Institutional Logograms....

Offering of Certain Services, Facilities, or Products by Public Broad-

Title IV-Procedural and Administrative Provisions

401 Jurisdiction to Enforce Act and Orders of Commission..

402 Proceedings to Enjoin, Set Aside, Annul, or Suspend Orders of the

Commission.

403 Inquiry by Commission on Its Own Motion

404 Reports of Investigations..

405 Reconsiderations ...

406 Mandamus to Compel Furnishing of Facilities..

407 Petition for Enforcement of Order for Payment of Money

408 Orders Not for Payment of Money-When Effective.

409 General Provisions Relating to Proceedings-Witnesses and Deposi-

tions ....

410 Use of Joint Boards-Cooperation with State Commissions

411 Joinder of Parties

412 Documents Filed To Be Public Records—Use in Proceedings

413 Designation of Agent for Service ......

414 Remedies in This Act Not Exclusive.

415 Limitations as to Actions .....

416 Provisions Relating to Orders

Title V-Penal Provisions; Forfeitures

Violation of Rules, Regulations, and so forth

Forfeitures in Cases of Rebates and Offsets.

Provisions Relating to Forfeitures

Venue of Offenses ...

Violation of Great Lakes Agreement..

Disclosure of Certain Payments...

Prohibited Practices in Case of Contests of Intellectual Knowledge,

Intellectual Skill, or Chance......

Forfeiture of Communications Devices...

Title VI-Cable Communications

Part I. General Provisions

601 Purposes

602 Definitions.. .........

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156

Part II. Use of Cable Channels and Cable Ownership Restrictions

611 Cable Channels for Public, Educational, or Governmental Use .........

612 Cable Channels for Commercial Use

613 Ownership Restrictions ..

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158

160

Part III. Franchising and Regulation

621 General Franchise Requirements.

622 Franchise Fees

623 Regulation of Rates

624 Regulation of Services, Facilities, and Equipment.

625 Modification of Franchise Obligations.....

626 Renewal

627 Conditions of Sale.

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164

165

166

168

170

Part IV. Miscellaneous Provisions

631 Protection of Subscriber Privacy

632 Consumer Protection......

633 Unauthorized Reception of Cable Service..

634 Equal Employment Opportunity

635 Judicial Proceedings....

636 Coordination of Federal, State, and Local Authority

637 Existing Franchises .....

638 Criminal and Civil Liability

639 Obscene Programming...

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177

178

Title VII–Miscellaneous Provisions

701 Transfer to Commission of Duties, Powers, and Functions under Ex-

isting Law...

702 Repeals and Amendments...

703

Transfer of Employees, Records, Property, and Appropriations

704 Effect of Transfers, Repeals, and Amendments....

705 Unauthorized Publication of Communications.

706 War Emergency-Powers of President.....

707 Effective Date of Act..

708 Separability Clause

709 Short Title....

710 Telephone Service for the Disabled..

711 Telecommunications Policy Study Commission.

Index to the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended ..

Index to Public Laws Amending the Communications Act

Public Laws in Chronological Order.

Public Laws by Sections Affected .....

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF

1962

Sec.

Title I-Short Title, Declaration of Policy and Definitions

101 Short Title...

102 Declaration of Policy and Purpose

Title II—Federal Coordination, Planning, and Regulation

201 Implementation of Policy .........

227

Title III-Creation of a Communications Satellite Corporation

301 Creation of Corporation...

302 Process of Organization.

303 Directors and Officers ....

304 Financing of the Corporation.

305 Purposes and Powers of the Corporation.

Title IV-Miscellaneous

401 Applicability of Communications Act of 1934

402

Notice of Foreign Business Negotiations

403 Sanctions ....

404 Reports to the Congress..

234

Title V-International Maritime Satellite Telecommunications

501 Short Title.........

502 Declaration of Policy and Purpose

503 Designated Operating Entity.

504

Implementation of Policy

505 Study of Structure and Activities of Communications Satellite Corpo

ration ......

506 Study of Public Maritime Coast Station Services

507 Study of Radio Navigation Systems.

SELECTED PROVISIONS FROM THE

UNITED STATES CODE

243

Title 5–Government Organization and Employees

(From: Freedom of Information Act; Privacy Act; Government in the Sunshine Act; Adminis-

trative Procedure Act; Regulatory Flexibility Act)

551 Definitions...

552 Public Information; Agency Rules, Opinions, Orders, Records, and

Proceedings.

552a Records Maintained on Individuals

552b Open Meetings

553 Rule Making

554 Adjudications.

555 Ancillary Matters

556 Hearings; Presiding Employees, Powers and Duties, Burden of Proof;

Evidence; Record as Basis of Decision.

557 Initial Decisions; Conclusiveness; Review by Agency; Submissions by

Parties; Contents of Decisions; Record

558 Imposition of Sanctions; Determination of Applications for Licenses;

Suspension, Revocation, and Expiration of Licenses.

(IX)

559 Effect on Other Laws; Effect of Subsequent Statute

601 Definitions.....

602 Regulatory Agenda....

603 Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis..

604 Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

605 Avoidance of Duplicative or Unnecessary Analysis..

606 Effect on Other Law....

607 Preparation of Analyses

608 Procedure for Waiver or Delay of Completion.

609 Procedures for Gathering Comments

610 Periodic Review of Rules ....

611 Judicial Review ......

612 Reports and Intervention Rights

701 Application; Definitions..

702 Right of Review.......

703 Form and Venue of Proceeding

704 Actions Reviewable

705 Relief Pending Review.

706 Scope of Review.....

Index to Title 5 Provisions on Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review..

(From Uniform Time Act; Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act; Comprehensive

Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986)

260a(a) Uniform Time Act of 1966 .....

1331 Congressional Declaration of Policy and Purpose.

1332 Definitions...

1333 Labeling .....

1334 Preemption...

1335 Unlawful Advertisements on Medium of Electronic Communication....

1335a Cigarette Ingredients

1336 Authority of Federal Trade Commission

1337 Reports...

1338 Criminal Penalty

1339 Injunction Proceedings.

1340 Cigarettes for Export

4402 Smokeless Tobacco Warning

Title 17-Copyrights

111 Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Secondary Transmissions.

801 Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and Purpose.......

Title 18—Crimes and Criminal Procedure

1304 Broadcasting Lottery Information.......

1307 State-Conducted Lotteries ....

1343 Fraud by Wire, Radio, or Television ...

1367 Interference With the Operation of a Satellite

1464 Broadcasting Obscene Language

2510 Definitions...

2511 Interception and Disclosure of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communica-

tions Prohibited....

2512 Manufacture, Distribution, Possession, and Advertising of Wire, Oral,

or Electronic Communication, Intercepting Devices Prohibited

2513 Confiscation of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communication Intercepting

Devices.

2514 (REPEALED).

2515 Prohibition of Use as Evidence of Intercepted Wire or Oral Commu-

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