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47 U.S.C. § 257 — Market entry barriers proceeding

submitted 92 years ago by Pub. L. 104-104 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 114 words · no verdicts yet

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The FCC had to study and remove barriers that keep small businesses out of the telecom industry. It had 15 months from February 8, 1996 to finish this study and write rules. Its goal was to support media diversity, real competition, and new technology.

(a) Elimination of barriers. Within 15 months after February 8, 1996, the Commission had to finish a study identifying and removing, through its own regulations, barriers that keep entrepreneurs and small businesses out of providing or owning telecommunications and information services, or out of supplying parts or services to companies that provide those services. (b) National policy. In doing this, the Commission had to support the goals of this chapter: diverse media voices, real economic competition, new technology, and the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Elimination of barriers

Within 15 months after February 8, 1996, the Commission shall complete a proceeding for the purpose of identifying and eliminating, by regulations pursuant to its authority under this chapter (other than this section), market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the provision and ownership of telecommunications services and information services, or in the provision of parts or services to providers of telecommunications services and information services.

(b) National policy

In carrying out subsection (a), the Commission shall seek to promote the policies and purposes of this chapter favoring diversity of media voices, vigorous economic competition, technological advancement, and promotion of the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 257, as added Pub. L. 104–104, title I, § 101(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 77; amended Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title IV, § 402(f), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1089.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Pub. L. 104-104 · 110 Stat. 77
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-141 · 132 Stat. 1089

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-104 on 1934-06-19.

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