WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created
Application of chapter
Definitions
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Authority of Chief Information Officer
Authorization of appropriations
New technologies and services
Application fees
Regulatory fees
Provisions applicable to application and regulatory fees
Competition in provision of telecommunications service
Regulatory reform
Additional research authorities of the FCC
Communications marketplace report
Service and charges
Discriminations and preferences
Schedules of charges
Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing
Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations
Carriers’ liability for damages
Recovery of damages
Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation
Orders for payment of money
Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense
Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission
Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities
Valuation of property of carrier
Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity
Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress
Receivers and trustees; application of chapter
Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier
Management of business; inquiries by Commission
Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally
Accounts, records, and memoranda
Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
Privacy of customer information
Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
Notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions
Pole attachments
Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
Telephone operator services
Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information
Call authentication
Access to number resources
Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General
Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance
Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material
Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors
Interconnection
State authority over fees
Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements
Removal of barriers to entry
Universal service
Access by persons with disabilities
Coordination for interconnectivity
Market entry barriers proceeding
Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections
Infrastructure sharing
Provision of telemessaging service
Effect on other requirements
Ensuring the integrity of voice communications
Bell operating company entry into interLATA services
Separate affiliate; safeguards
Manufacturing by Bell operating companies
Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies
Alarm monitoring services
Provision of payphone service
License for radio communication or transmission of energy
Devices which interfere with radio reception
Powers and duties of Commission
Standards for children’s television programming
Consideration of children’s television service in broadcast license renewal
Television program improvement
Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum
Government owned stations
Foreign ships; application of section 301
Licenses
Requirements for license
Application for license
Reports related to spectrum auctions
License ownership restrictions
Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service
Administrative sanctions
Revocation of operator’s license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances
Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus
Competition in commerce; preservation
Candidates for public office
Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof
Announcement of payment for broadcast
Transmitting apparatus; operator’s license
Construction permits
Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation
Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations
Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship
Interference between Government and commercial stations
Use of minimum power
False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions
Censorship
Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates
Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions
Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers
Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations
Mobile services
Willful or malicious interference
Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations
Direct broadcast satellite service obligations
Broadcast spectrum flexibility
Allocation and assignment of new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses
Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers
Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers
Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried
Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers
Process for issuing qualified carrier certification
Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations
Protection of survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and related crimes
Ship radio stations and operations
Exemptions
Radio equipment and operators
Operators and watches on radiotelephone equipped ships
Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelegraph equipped ships
Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelephone equipped ships
Survival craft
Approval of installations by Commission
Safety information
Master’s control over operations
Certificates of compliance; issuance, modification, and cancellation
Station licenses; inspection of equipment by Commission
Control by Commission; review of decisions
Forfeitures; recovery
Automated ship distress and safety systems
Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone
Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement
Exemptions by Commission
Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment
Inspections
Forfeitures
Enforcement provisions
Judicial review of Commission’s orders and decisions
Inquiry by Commission on its own motion
Reports of investigations
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
Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction
Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys’ fees
Order not for payment of money; when effective
Hearings
Joint boards and commissions
Joinder of parties
Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records
Designation of agent for service; method of service
Exclusiveness of chapter
Limitations of actions
Orders of Commission
General penalty
Violation of rules, regulations, etc.
Venue of trials
Violation of Great Lakes Agreement
Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts
Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance
Forfeiture of communications devices
Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting
Purposes
Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use
Cable channels for commercial use
Ownership restrictions
Carriage of local commercial television signals
Carriage of noncommercial educational television
Regulation of carriage agreements
Sales of cable systems
Carriage of certain programming
General franchise requirements
Franchise fees
Regulation of rates
Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment
Consumer electronics equipment compatibility
Modification of franchise obligations
Renewal
Conditions of sale
Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution
Competitive availability of navigation devices
Protection of subscriber privacy
Consumer protection and customer service
Unauthorized reception of cable service
Equal employment opportunity
Judicial proceedings
Limitation of franchising authority liability
Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority
Existing franchises
Criminal and civil liability
Obscene programming
Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers
Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming
Requirements relating to charges for covered services
Regulatory treatment of video programming services
Prohibition on buy outs