100TH CONGRESS 2d Session

68-115

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Liited States.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COMPILATION OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AND RELATED

PROVISIONS OF LAW

INCLUDING

MARCH 1988

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COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962

SELECTED PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES CODE

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Title VI: Cable Communications (§§ 601-639)

Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 701-711)

Index to the Communications Act.........

Index to Public Laws Amending the Communications Act.... 215

• Communications Satellite Act of 1962

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Title I:

Short Title, Declaration of Policy and Definitions

(§§ 101-103).....

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Title II:

Federal Coordination, Planning, and Regulation

(§ 201).......

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Title III:

Creation of a Communications Satellite Corpora-

tion (§§ 301-305) .......

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Title IV:

Miscellaneous (§§ 401-404).

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Title V:

International Maritime Satellite Telecommunica-

tions (§§ 501-508)...

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Title 18: §§ 1304, 1307, 1343, 1464, 2510-2521 307, 308, 309

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Title I-General Provisions

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Table of Contents

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Title II-Common Carriers

Service and Charges..

Discrimination and Preferences

Purposes of Act; Creation of Federal Communications Commission......

Application of Act....

Definitions...

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Provisions Relating to the Commission.

Organization and Functioning of the Commission.

Authorization of Appropriations

New Technologies and Services

Charges.......

Schedules of Charges..

Hearing as to Lawfulness of New Charges, Suspension...

Commission Authorized to Prescribe Just and Reasonable Charges...

Liability of Carriers for Damages..

Recovery of Damages.

Complaints to the Commission

Orders for Payment of Money..

Franks and Passes..

Copies of Contracts to be Filed

Interlocking Directorates-Officials Dealing in Securities

Valuation of Carrier Property

Extension of Lines....

Transactions Relating to Services, Equipment and so forth

Application of Act to Receivers and Trustees.....

Liability of Carrier for Acts and Omissions of Agents.

Inquiries into Management.

Annual and Other Reports.

Accounts, Records, and Memoranda; Depreciation Charges

Special Provisions Relating to Telephone Companies.

Competition among Record Carriers.....

Title III-Provisions Relating to Radio

Obscene or Harassing Telephone Calls in the District of Columbia or

in Interstate or Foreign Communications........

Regulation of Pole Attachments.....

Part I. General Provisions

License for Radio Communication or Transmission of Energy

Devices which Interfere with Radio Reception...

General Powers of Commission.........