cation of its channel to a community within a State in which there is allocated no very high frequency commercial television broadcast channel at the time such notification, the Commission shall, not withstanding any other provision of law, order such reallocation and issue a license to such licensee for that purpose pursuant to such notification for a term of not to exceed 5 years as provided in section 307(d) of the Communications Act of 1934. PRIVATE LAND MOBILE SERVICES SEC. 331.130 [47 U.S.C. 332] (a) In taking actions to manage the spectrum to be made available for use by the private land mobile services, the Commission shall consider, consistent with section 1 of this Act, whether such actions will— (1) promote the safety of life and property; (2) improve the efficiency of spectrum use and reduce the regulatory burden upon spectrum users, based upon sound engineering principles, user operational requirements, and marketplace demands; (3) encourage competition and provide services to the largest feasible number of users; or 130 So in original. This section was added by Public Law 97-259, 96 Stat. 1087, 1096, Sept. 13, 1982. Previously, another section 331 had been added by Public Law 97-248, 96 Stat. 324, 641, Sept. 3, 1982. Also, a former section 331 was added by Public Law 93-107, 87 Stat. 350, Sept. 14, 1973. The statute also set a date (Dec. 31, 1975) when the provision was to be repealed. The former section 331 read as follows: BROADCAST OF GAMES OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CLUBS SEC. 331. (a) If any game of a professional sports club is to be broadcast by means of television pursuant to a league television contract and all tickets of admission for seats of such game which were available for purchase by the general public one hundred and twenty hours or more before the scheduled beginning time of such game have been purchased seventy-two hours or more before such time, no agreement which would prevent the broadcasting by means of television of such game at the same time and in the area in which such game is being played shall be valid or have any force or effect. The right to broadcast such game by means of television at such time and in such area shall be made available, by the person or persons having such right, to a television broadcast licensee on reasonable terms and conditions unless the broadcasting by means of television of such game at such time and in such area would be a telecasting which section 3 of Public Law 87-331, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1293), is intended to prevent. (b) If any person violates subsection (a) of this section, any interested person may commence a civil action for injunctive relief restraining such violation in any United States district court for a district in which the defendant resides or has an agent. In any such action, the court may award the cost of the suit including reasonable attorneys' fees. (c) For the purpose of this section: (1) The term "professional sports club" includes any professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey club. (2) The term "league television contract" means any joint agreement by or among professional sports clubs by which any league of such clubs sells or otherwise transfers all or any part of the rights of such league's member clubs in the sponsored telecasting of the games engaged in or conducted by such clubs. (3) The term "agreement" includes any contract, arrangement, or other understanding. (4) The term "available for purchase by the general public", when used with respect to tickets of admission for seats at a game or games to be played by a professional sports club, means only those tickets on sale at the stadium where such game or games are to be played, or, if such tickets are not sold at such stadium, only those tickets on sale at the box office closest to such stadium. (d) The Commission shall conduct a continuing study of the effect of this section and shall, not later than April 15 of each year, submit a report to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives with respect thereto. Such report shall include pertinent statistics and data and any recommendations for legislation relating to the broadcasting of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey games which the Commission determines would serve the public interest. Public Law 93-107 also stated: "Section 331 of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added by the first section of this Act) is repealed effective December 31, 1975." (4) increase interservice sharing opportunities between private land mobile services and other services. (b)(1) The Commission, in coordinating the assignment of frequencies to stations in the private land mobile services and in the fixed services (as defined by the Commission by rule), shall have authority to utilize assistance furnished by advisory coordinating committees consisting of individuals who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government. (2) The authority of the Commission established in this subsection shall not be subject to or affected by the provisions of part III of title 5, United States Code, or section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665(b)). (3) Any person who provides assistance to the Commission under this subsection shall not be considered, by reason of having provided such assistance, a Federal employee. (4) Any advisory coordinating committee which furnishes assistance to the Commission under this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. (c)(1) For purposes of this section, private land mobile service shall include service provided by specialized mobile radio, multiple licensed radio dispatch systems, and all other radio dispatch systems, regardless of whether such service is provided indiscriminately to eligible users on a commercial basis, except that a land station licensed in such service to multiple licensees or otherwise shared by authorized users (other than a nonprofit, cooperative station) shall not be interconnected with a telephone exchange or interexchange service or facility for any purpose, except to the extent that (A) each user obtains such interconnection directly from a duly authorized carrier; or (B) licensees jointly obtain such interconnection directly from a duly authorized carrier. (2) A person engaged in private land mobile service shall not, insofar as such person is so engaged, be deemed a common carrier for any purpose under this Act. A common carrier shall not provide any dispatch service on any frequency allocated for common carrier service, except to the extent such dispatch service is provided on stations licensed in the domestic public land mobile radio service before January 1, 1982. (3) No State or local government shall have any authority to impose any rate or entry regulation upon any private land mobile service, except that nothing in this subsection may be construed to impair such jurisdiction with respect to common carrier stations in the mobile service. PART II 131-RADIO EQUIPMENT AND RADIO OPERATORS ON BOARD SHIP SHIP RADIO STATIONS AND OPERATIONS 132 SEC. 351.133 [47 U.S.C. 351] (a) Except as provided in section 352 hereof it shall be unlawful— (1) For any ship of the United States, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any ship of the United States or any foreign country, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radio station in operating condition, as specified by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, in charge of and operated by one or more radio officers or operators, adequately installed and protected so as to insure proper operation, and so as not to endanger the ship and radio station as hereinafter provided, and, in the case of a ship of the United States, unless there is on board a valid station license issued in accordance with this Act. (A) Passenger ships irrespective of size and cargo ships of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward shall be equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part; (B) Cargo ships of three hundred gross tons and upward but less than one thousand six hundred gross tons, unless equipped 131 This part (secs. 351-362) was added by Public No. 97, 75th Cong., approved May 20, 1937, 50 Stat. 192-197, and was further amended by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511. 132 Formerly read "Ship Radio Installations and Operations." Changed to above by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511. 133 Subsection (a) of Section 351 was amended to read as above by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511. It formerly read as follows: (a) Except as provided in Section 352 hereof it shall be unlawful— (1) For any such ship of the United States, other than a cargo ship of less than five hundred gross tons, to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any ship of the United States or any foreign country, other than a cargo ship of less than five hundred gross tons, to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such a ship is equipped with an efficient radio installation in operating condition in charge of and operated by a qualified operator or operators, adequately installed and protected so as to insure proper operation, and so as not to endanger the ship and radio installation, as hereinafter provided, and in the case of ship of the United States, unless there is on board a valid station license issued in accordance with this Act: Provided, That the Commission may defer the application of the provisions of this section for a period not beyond January 1, 1955, with respect to cargo ships of less than sixteen hundred gross tons not subject to the radio requirements of the Safety Convention when it is found impracticable to obtain or install equipment necessary for compliance therewith; (2) For any ship of the United States of sixteen hundred gross tons, or over, to be navigated outside of a harbor or port, in the open sea, or for any such ship of the United States or any foreign country to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radio direction finding apparatus (radio compass) properly adjusted in operating condition as hereinafter provided, which apparatus is approved by the Commission: Provided, That the Commission may defer the application of the provisions of this section with respect to radio direction finding apparatus to a ship or ships between one thousand six hundred and five thousand gross tons for a period not beyond November 19, 1954, if it is found impracticable to obtain or install such direction finding apparatus. Prior to this former amendment by Public Law 584, 83d Cong., 2d Sess., approved August 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 704, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) did not contain the proviso and dealt with ships of less than 1600 rather than 500 gross tons, and paragraph (2) of that subsection did not contain the proviso and referred to passenger ships of 5,000 gross tons or over, rather than any ship of 1600 gross tons or over. with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part, shall be equipped with a radiotelephone station complying with the provisions of this part. (2) For any ship of the United States of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any such ship of the United States or any foreign country to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with efficient radio direction finding apparatus approved by the Commission, properly adjusted in operating condition as hereinafter provided. (b) A ship which is not subject to the provisions of this part at the time of its departure on a voyage shall not become subject to such provisions on account of any deviation from its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other cause over which neither the master, the owner, nor the charterer (if any) has control. 134 EXCEPTIONS SEC. 352.135 [47 U.S.C. 352] (a) The provisions of this part shall not apply to (1) A ship of war; (2) A ship of the United States belonging to and operated by the Government, except a ship of the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation, the Inland and Coastwise Waterways Service, or the Panama Canal Company; 136 (3) 137 A foreign ship belonging to a country which is a party to any Safety Convention in force between the United States and that country which ship carries a valid certificate exempting said ship from the radio provisions of that Convention, or which ship conforms to the radio requirements of such Convention or Regulations and has on board a valid certificate to that effect, or which ship is not subject to the radio provisions of any such Convention; (4) Yachts of less than six hundred gross tons not subject to the radio provisions of the Safety Convention; (5) Vessels in tow; (6) 138 A ship navigating solely on any bays, sounds, rivers, or protected waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, or to a ship leaving or attempting to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage solely on any bays, sounds, rivers, or protected waters within the jurisdiction of the United States; (7) 139 A ship navigating solely on the Great Lakes of North America and the River Saint Lawrence as far east as a straight 134 Public Law 75-97, 50 Stat. 192, 197, May 20, 1937. 135 The Panama Canal Company referred to in this section was redesignated Panama Canal Company by Public Law 841, 81st Cong., 2d Sess., approved September 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 1038. 138 Paragraph (a)(2) was amended to read as above by Public Law 97-31, approved August 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 151, 167. See notes 82 & 133. 137 This subsection was amended to read as above by Public Law 584, 83d Cong., 2d Sess., approved August 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 704. This subsection formerly read as follows: (3) A foreign ship belonging to a country which is a party to the Safety Convention and which ship carries a valid certificate exempting said ship from the radio provisions of that Convention, or which ship conforms to the radio requirements of such Convention or Regulations and has on board a valid certificate to that effect. 138 Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511, amended paragraph 6 by striking the words "on the Great Lakes" in two places and changing "vessel" to "ship." 139 Paragraphs (7) and (8) were added by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511. 68-115 0 88 line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the sixty-third meridian, or to a ship leaving or attempting to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage solely on such waters and within such area; (8) 139 A ship which is navigated during the course of a voyage both on the Great Lakes of North America and in the open sea, during the period while such ship is being navigated within the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the Saint Lambert lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada. (b) 140 Except for nuclear ships, the Commission may, if it considers that the route or the conditions of the voyage or other circumstances are such as to render a radio station unreasonable or unnecessary for the purposes of this part, exempt from the provisions of this part any ship or class of ships which falls within any of the following descriptions: (1) Passenger ships which in the course of their voyage do not go more than twenty nautical miles from the nearest land or, alternatively, do not go more than two hundred nautical miles between two consecutive ports; (2) Cargo ships which in the course of their voyage do not go more than one hundred and fifty nautical miles from the nearest land; (3) Passenger vessels of less than one hundred gross tons not subject to the radio provisions of the Safety Convention; (4) Sailing ships. (c) If, because of unforeseeable failure of equipment, a ship is unable to comply with the equipment requirements of this part without undue delay of the ship, the mileage limitations set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not apply: Provided, That exemption of the ship is found to be reasonable or necessary in accordance with subsection (b) to permit the ship to proceed to a port where the equipment deficiency may be remedied. (d) 141 Except for nuclear ships, and except for ships of five thousand gross tons and upward which are subject to the Safety Convention, the Commission may exempt from the requirements, for radio direction finding apparatus, of this part and of the Safety Convention, any ship which falls within the descriptions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) of this section, if it considers that the route on conditions of the voyage or other circumstances are such as to render such apparatus unreasonable or unnecessary. 140 Subsection (b) through paragraph (1) was amended to read as above by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511, to except nuclear ships from the Commission's exemption authority. 141 This subsection was added by Public Law 89-121, approved August 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 511. |