/us/usc/t47/s9 Subsidized companies required to construct and operate lines
/us/usc/t47/s10 Equal facilities to connecting lines; discrimination in rates
/us/usc/t47/s11 Powers of Federal Communications Commission
/us/usc/t47/s12 Interference with liens of United States
/us/usc/t47/s13 Violations; punishment; action for damages
/us/usc/t47/s14 Contracts filed with Federal Communications Commission; reports; failure to make
/us/usc/t47/s15 Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act; power to fix rates and purchase lines
/us/usc/t47/s16 Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System; money transfers; portion of receipts withheld
/us/usc/t47/s21 Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment
/us/usc/t47/s22 Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
/us/usc/t47/s23 Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
/us/usc/t47/s24 Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
/us/usc/t47/s25 Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
/us/usc/t47/s26 Duties of commanders of warships
/us/usc/t47/s27 Offending vessels to show nationality
/us/usc/t47/s28 Penalties not to bar suits for damages
/us/usc/t47/s29 Master of offending vessel punishable
/us/usc/t47/s30 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s31 Summary trials
/us/usc/t47/s32 Application
/us/usc/t47/s33 Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
/us/usc/t47/s34 Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
/us/usc/t47/s35 Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses
/us/usc/t47/s36 Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
/us/usc/t47/s37 Violations; punishment
/us/usc/t47/s38 “United States” defined
/us/usc/t47/s39 Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted
/us/usc/t47/s151 Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created
/us/usc/t47/s152 Application of chapter
/us/usc/t47/s153 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s154 Federal Communications Commission
/us/usc/t47/s155 Commission
/us/usc/t47/s155a Authority of Chief Information Officer
/us/usc/t47/s156 Authorization of appropriations
/us/usc/t47/s157 New technologies and services
/us/usc/t47/s158 Application fees
/us/usc/t47/s159 Regulatory fees
/us/usc/t47/s159a Provisions applicable to application and regulatory fees
/us/usc/t47/s160 Competition in provision of telecommunications service
/us/usc/t47/s161 Regulatory reform
/us/usc/t47/s162 Additional research authorities of the FCC
/us/usc/t47/s163 Communications marketplace report
/us/usc/t47/s201 Service and charges
/us/usc/t47/s202 Discriminations and preferences
/us/usc/t47/s203 Schedules of charges
/us/usc/t47/s204 Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing
/us/usc/t47/s205 Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations
/us/usc/t47/s206 Carriers’ liability for damages
/us/usc/t47/s207 Recovery of damages
/us/usc/t47/s208 Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation
/us/usc/t47/s209 Orders for payment of money
/us/usc/t47/s210 Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense
/us/usc/t47/s211 Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission
/us/usc/t47/s212 Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities
/us/usc/t47/s213 Valuation of property of carrier
/us/usc/t47/s214 Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity
/us/usc/t47/s215 Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress
/us/usc/t47/s216 Receivers and trustees; application of chapter
/us/usc/t47/s217 Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier
/us/usc/t47/s218 Management of business; inquiries by Commission
/us/usc/t47/s219 Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally
/us/usc/t47/s220 Accounts, records, and memoranda
/us/usc/t47/s221 Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
/us/usc/t47/s222 Privacy of customer information
/us/usc/t47/s223 Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
/us/usc/t47/s224 Pole attachments
/us/usc/t47/s225 Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
/us/usc/t47/s226 Telephone operator services
/us/usc/t47/s227 Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
/us/usc/t47/s227a Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information
/us/usc/t47/s227b Call authentication
/us/usc/t47/s227b-1 Access to number resources
/us/usc/t47/s227b-2 Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General
/us/usc/t47/s228 Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services
/us/usc/t47/s229 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance
/us/usc/t47/s230 Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material
/us/usc/t47/s231 Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors
/us/usc/t47/s251 Interconnection
/us/usc/t47/s251a State authority over fees
/us/usc/t47/s252 Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements
/us/usc/t47/s253 Removal of barriers to entry
/us/usc/t47/s254 Universal service
/us/usc/t47/s255 Access by persons with disabilities
/us/usc/t47/s256 Coordination for interconnectivity
/us/usc/t47/s257 Market entry barriers proceeding
/us/usc/t47/s258 Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections
/us/usc/t47/s259 Infrastructure sharing
/us/usc/t47/s260 Provision of telemessaging service
/us/usc/t47/s261 Effect on other requirements
/us/usc/t47/s262 Ensuring the integrity of voice communications
/us/usc/t47/s271 Bell operating company entry into interLATA services
/us/usc/t47/s272 Separate affiliate; safeguards
/us/usc/t47/s273 Manufacturing by Bell operating companies
/us/usc/t47/s274 Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies
/us/usc/t47/s275 Alarm monitoring services
/us/usc/t47/s276 Provision of payphone service
/us/usc/t47/s301 License for radio communication or transmission of energy
/us/usc/t47/s302a Devices which interfere with radio reception
/us/usc/t47/s303 Powers and duties of Commission
/us/usc/t47/s303a Standards for children’s television programming
/us/usc/t47/s303b Consideration of children’s television service in broadcast license renewal
/us/usc/t47/s303c Television program improvement
/us/usc/t47/s304 Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s305 Government owned stations
/us/usc/t47/s306 Foreign ships; application of section 301
/us/usc/t47/s307 Licenses
/us/usc/t47/s308 Requirements for license
/us/usc/t47/s309 Application for license
/us/usc/t47/s309a Reports related to spectrum auctions
/us/usc/t47/s310 License ownership restrictions
/us/usc/t47/s311 Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service
/us/usc/t47/s312 Administrative sanctions
/us/usc/t47/s312a Revocation of operator’s license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances
/us/usc/t47/s313 Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus
/us/usc/t47/s314 Competition in commerce; preservation
/us/usc/t47/s315 Candidates for public office
/us/usc/t47/s316 Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof
/us/usc/t47/s317 Announcement of payment for broadcast
/us/usc/t47/s318 Transmitting apparatus; operator’s license
/us/usc/t47/s319 Construction permits
/us/usc/t47/s320 Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation
/us/usc/t47/s321 Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations
/us/usc/t47/s322 Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship
/us/usc/t47/s323 Interference between Government and commercial stations
/us/usc/t47/s324 Use of minimum power
/us/usc/t47/s325 False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions
/us/usc/t47/s326 Censorship
/us/usc/t47/s327 Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates
/us/usc/t47/s329 Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions
/us/usc/t47/s330 Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers
/us/usc/t47/s331 Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations
/us/usc/t47/s332 Mobile services
/us/usc/t47/s333 Willful or malicious interference
/us/usc/t47/s334 Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations
/us/usc/t47/s335 Direct broadcast satellite service obligations
/us/usc/t47/s336 Broadcast spectrum flexibility
/us/usc/t47/s337 Allocation and assignment of new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses
/us/usc/t47/s338 Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers
/us/usc/t47/s339 Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers
/us/usc/t47/s340 Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried
/us/usc/t47/s341 Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers
/us/usc/t47/s342 Process for issuing qualified carrier certification
/us/usc/t47/s343 Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations
/us/usc/t47/s351 Ship radio stations and operations
/us/usc/t47/s352 Exemptions
/us/usc/t47/s353 Radio equipment and operators
/us/usc/t47/s353a Operators and watches on radiotelephone equipped ships
/us/usc/t47/s354 Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelegraph equipped ships
/us/usc/t47/s354a Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelephone equipped ships
/us/usc/t47/s355 Survival craft
/us/usc/t47/s356 Approval of installations by Commission
/us/usc/t47/s357 Safety information
/us/usc/t47/s358 Master’s control over operations
/us/usc/t47/s359 Certificates of compliance; issuance, modification, and cancellation
/us/usc/t47/s360 Station licenses; inspection of equipment by Commission
/us/usc/t47/s361 Control by Commission; review of decisions
/us/usc/t47/s362 Forfeitures; recovery
/us/usc/t47/s363 Automated ship distress and safety systems
/us/usc/t47/s381 Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone
/us/usc/t47/s382 Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement
/us/usc/t47/s383 Exemptions by Commission
/us/usc/t47/s384 Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment
/us/usc/t47/s385 Inspections
/us/usc/t47/s386 Forfeitures
/us/usc/t47/s390 Declaration of purpose
/us/usc/t47/s391 Authorization of appropriations
/us/usc/t47/s392 Grants for construction
/us/usc/t47/s393 Criteria for approval and expenditures by Secretary
/us/usc/t47/s393a Long-range planning for facilities
/us/usc/t47/s394 Establishment of National Endowment
/us/usc/t47/s395 Assistance for demonstration projects
/us/usc/t47/s396 Corporation for Public Broadcasting
/us/usc/t47/s397 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s398 Federal interference or control
/us/usc/t47/s399 Support of political candidates prohibited
/us/usc/t47/s399a Use of business or institutional logograms
/us/usc/t47/s399b Offering of certain services, facilities, or products by public broadcast station
/us/usc/t47/s401 Enforcement provisions
/us/usc/t47/s402 Judicial review of Commission’s orders and decisions
/us/usc/t47/s403 Inquiry by Commission on its own motion
/us/usc/t47/s404 Reports of investigations
/us/usc/t47/s405 Petition for reconsideration; procedure; disposition; time of filing; additional evidence; time for disposition of petition for reconsideration of order concluding hearing or investigation; appeal of order
/us/usc/t47/s406 Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction
/us/usc/t47/s407 Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys’ fees
/us/usc/t47/s408 Order not for payment of money; when effective
/us/usc/t47/s409 Hearings
/us/usc/t47/s410 Joint boards and commissions
/us/usc/t47/s411 Joinder of parties
/us/usc/t47/s412 Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records
/us/usc/t47/s413 Designation of agent for service; method of service
/us/usc/t47/s414 Exclusiveness of chapter
/us/usc/t47/s415 Limitations of actions
/us/usc/t47/s416 Orders of Commission
/us/usc/t47/s501 General penalty
/us/usc/t47/s502 Violation of rules, regulations, etc.
/us/usc/t47/s503 Forfeitures
/us/usc/t47/s504 Forfeitures
/us/usc/t47/s505 Venue of trials
/us/usc/t47/s507 Violation of Great Lakes Agreement
/us/usc/t47/s508 Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts
/us/usc/t47/s509 Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance
/us/usc/t47/s510 Forfeiture of communications devices
/us/usc/t47/s511 Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting
/us/usc/t47/s521 Purposes
/us/usc/t47/s522 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s531 Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use
/us/usc/t47/s532 Cable channels for commercial use
/us/usc/t47/s533 Ownership restrictions
/us/usc/t47/s534 Carriage of local commercial television signals
/us/usc/t47/s535 Carriage of noncommercial educational television
/us/usc/t47/s536 Regulation of carriage agreements
/us/usc/t47/s537 Sales of cable systems
/us/usc/t47/s537a Carriage of certain programming
/us/usc/t47/s541 General franchise requirements
/us/usc/t47/s542 Franchise fees
/us/usc/t47/s543 Regulation of rates
/us/usc/t47/s544 Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment
/us/usc/t47/s544a Consumer electronics equipment compatibility
/us/usc/t47/s545 Modification of franchise obligations
/us/usc/t47/s546 Renewal
/us/usc/t47/s547 Conditions of sale
/us/usc/t47/s548 Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution
/us/usc/t47/s549 Competitive availability of navigation devices
/us/usc/t47/s551 Protection of subscriber privacy
/us/usc/t47/s552 Consumer protection and customer service
/us/usc/t47/s553 Unauthorized reception of cable service
/us/usc/t47/s554 Equal employment opportunity
/us/usc/t47/s555 Judicial proceedings
/us/usc/t47/s555a Limitation of franchising authority liability
/us/usc/t47/s556 Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority
/us/usc/t47/s557 Existing franchises
/us/usc/t47/s558 Criminal and civil liability
/us/usc/t47/s559 Obscene programming
/us/usc/t47/s560 Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers
/us/usc/t47/s561 Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming
/us/usc/t47/s562 Requirements relating to charges for covered services
/us/usc/t47/s571 Regulatory treatment of video programming services
/us/usc/t47/s572 Prohibition on buy outs
/us/usc/t47/s573 Establishment of open video systems
/us/usc/t47/s601 Interstate Commerce Commission and Postmaster General; duties, powers, and functions transferred to Commission
/us/usc/t47/s604 Effect of transfer
/us/usc/t47/s605 Unauthorized publication or use of communications
/us/usc/t47/s606 War powers of President
/us/usc/t47/s607 Effective date of chapter
/us/usc/t47/s608 Separability
/us/usc/t47/s609 Short title
/us/usc/t47/s610 Telephone service for disabled
/us/usc/t47/s611 Closed-captioning of public service announcements
/us/usc/t47/s612 Syndicated exclusivity
/us/usc/t47/s613 Video programming accessibility
/us/usc/t47/s614 Telecommunications Development Fund
/us/usc/t47/s615 Support for universal emergency telephone number
/us/usc/t47/s615a Service provider parity of protection
/us/usc/t47/s615a-1 Duty to provide 9–1–1 and enhanced 9–1–1 service
/us/usc/t47/s615b Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s615c Emergency Access Advisory Committee
/us/usc/t47/s616 Internet protocol-based relay services
/us/usc/t47/s617 Access to advanced communications services and equipment
/us/usc/t47/s618 Enforcement and recordkeeping obligations
/us/usc/t47/s619 Internet browsers built into telephones used with public mobile services
/us/usc/t47/s620 Relay services for deaf-blind individuals
/us/usc/t47/s621 Rulemaking on loud commercials required
/us/usc/t47/s622 Optional electronic labeling of communications equipment
/us/usc/t47/s623 Configuration of multi-line telephone systems for direct dialing of 9–1–1.
/us/usc/t47/s624 Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets
/us/usc/t47/s641 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s642 Broadband maps
/us/usc/t47/s643 Enforcement
/us/usc/t47/s644 Improving data accuracy
/us/usc/t47/s645 Cost
/us/usc/t47/s646 Other provisions
/us/usc/t47/s702 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s721 Implementation of policy
/us/usc/t47/s753 Implementation of policy
/us/usc/t47/s757 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s761 Federal Communications Commission licensing
/us/usc/t47/s761a Incentives; limitation on expansion pending privatization
/us/usc/t47/s763 General criteria to ensure a pro-competitive privatization of INTELSAT and Inmarsat
/us/usc/t47/s763a Specific criteria for INTELSAT
/us/usc/t47/s763c Space segment capacity of the GMDSS
/us/usc/t47/s763d Encouraging market access and privatization
/us/usc/t47/s765 Access to INTELSAT
/us/usc/t47/s765a Signatory role
/us/usc/t47/s765b Elimination of procurement preferences
/us/usc/t47/s765c ITU functions
/us/usc/t47/s765d Termination of provisions of this chapter
/us/usc/t47/s765f Satellite auctions
/us/usc/t47/s765g Exclusivity arrangements
/us/usc/t47/s767 Methods to pursue privatization
/us/usc/t47/s769 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s901 Definitions; findings; policy
/us/usc/t47/s902 Establishment; assigned functions
/us/usc/t47/s903 Spectrum management activities
/us/usc/t47/s904 General administrative provisions
/us/usc/t47/s906 Wireless supply chain innovation and multilateral security
/us/usc/t47/s921 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s922 National spectrum allocation planning
/us/usc/t47/s923 Identification of reallocable frequencies
/us/usc/t47/s924 Withdrawal or limitation of assignment to Federal Government stations
/us/usc/t47/s925 Distribution of frequencies by Commission
/us/usc/t47/s926 Authority to recover reassigned frequencies
/us/usc/t47/s927 Existing allocation and transfer authority retained
/us/usc/t47/s928 Spectrum Relocation Fund
/us/usc/t47/s929 National security and other sensitive information
/us/usc/t47/s941 Child-friendly second-level Internet domain
/us/usc/t47/s942 Coordination of 9–1–1, E9–1–1, and Next Generation 9–1–1 implementation
/us/usc/t47/s1001 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s1002 Assistance capability requirements
/us/usc/t47/s1003 Notices of capacity requirements
/us/usc/t47/s1004 Systems security and integrity
/us/usc/t47/s1005 Cooperation of equipment manufacturers and providers of telecommunications support services
/us/usc/t47/s1006 Technical requirements and standards; extension of compliance date
/us/usc/t47/s1007 Enforcement orders
/us/usc/t47/s1008 Payment of costs of telecommunications carriers to comply with capability requirements
/us/usc/t47/s1009 Authorization of appropriations
/us/usc/t47/s1010 Reports
/us/usc/t47/s1021 Department of Justice Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund
/us/usc/t47/s1201 Federal Communications Commission duties
/us/usc/t47/s1202 Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee
/us/usc/t47/s1203 Research and development
/us/usc/t47/s1204 Grant program for remote community alert systems
/us/usc/t47/s1205 Funding
/us/usc/t47/s1206 Reliable emergency alert distribution improvement
/us/usc/t47/s1301 Findings
/us/usc/t47/s1302 Advanced telecommunications incentives
/us/usc/t47/s1303 Improving Federal data on broadband
/us/usc/t47/s1304 Encouraging State initiatives to improve broadband
/us/usc/t47/s1305 Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
/us/usc/t47/s1306 Connecting minority communities
/us/usc/t47/s1307 Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth
/us/usc/t47/s1308 Interagency agreement
/us/usc/t47/s1401 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s1402 Rule of construction
/us/usc/t47/s1403 Enforcement
/us/usc/t47/s1404 National security restrictions on use of funds and auction participation
/us/usc/t47/s1411 Reallocation of D block to public safety
/us/usc/t47/s1412 Flexible use of narrowband spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s1421 Single public safety wireless network licensee
/us/usc/t47/s1422 Public safety broadband network
/us/usc/t47/s1423 Public safety Interoperability Board
/us/usc/t47/s1424 Establishment of the First Responder Network Authority
/us/usc/t47/s1425 Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority
/us/usc/t47/s1426 Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the First Responder Network Authority
/us/usc/t47/s1427 Initial funding for the First Responder Network Authority
/us/usc/t47/s1428 Permanent self-funding; duty to assess and collect fees for network use
/us/usc/t47/s1429 Audit and report
/us/usc/t47/s1430 Annual report to Congress
/us/usc/t47/s1431 Public safety roaming and priority access
/us/usc/t47/s1432 Prohibition on direct offering of commercial telecommunications service directly to consumers
/us/usc/t47/s1433 Provision of technical assistance
/us/usc/t47/s1441 State and Local Implementation Fund
/us/usc/t47/s1442 State and local implementation
/us/usc/t47/s1443 Public safety wireless communications research and development
/us/usc/t47/s1451 Deadlines for auction of certain spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s1452 Special requirements for incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s1453 Unlicensed use in the 5 GHZ band
/us/usc/t47/s1454 Guard bands and unlicensed use
/us/usc/t47/s1455 Wireless facilities deployment
/us/usc/t47/s1456 System certification
/us/usc/t47/s1457 Public Safety Trust Fund
/us/usc/t47/s1471 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s1472 Parity of protection for provision or use of Next Generation 9–1–1 services
/us/usc/t47/s1473 Commission proceeding on autodialing
/us/usc/t47/s1501 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s1502 Identifying 255 megahertz
/us/usc/t47/s1503 Millimeter wave spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s1504 Broadband infrastructure deployment
/us/usc/t47/s1505 Unlicensed services in guard bands
/us/usc/t47/s1506 Rulemaking related to partitioning or disaggregating licenses
/us/usc/t47/s1507 Unlicensed spectrum policy
/us/usc/t47/s1508 National plan for unlicensed spectrum
/us/usc/t47/s1509 Spectrum Challenge Prize
/us/usc/t47/s1510 Wireless telecommunications tax and fee collection fairness
/us/usc/t47/s1511 Rules of construction
/us/usc/t47/s1512 Relationship to Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
/us/usc/t47/s1513 No additional funds authorized
/us/usc/t47/s1601 Determination of communications equipment or services posing national security risks
/us/usc/t47/s1602 Prohibition on use of certain Federal subsidies
/us/usc/t47/s1603 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program
/us/usc/t47/s1604 Reports on covered communications equipment or services
/us/usc/t47/s1605 Hold harmless
/us/usc/t47/s1606 Enforcement
/us/usc/t47/s1607 NTIA program for preventing future vulnerabilities
/us/usc/t47/s1608 Definitions
/us/usc/t47/s1609 Severability
As of Dec. 23, 2021