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47 U.S.C. § 210 — Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 652 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 161 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets phone and telegraph companies exchange free passes with each other. It covers passes for their own employees, families, and other carriers' employees. Companies can also give the government free service for national defense preparation, under Commission rules.

(a) Nothing in this chapter, or any other law, stops common carriers from giving free "franks" (passes) to their own officers, agents, and employees — and their families. Carriers can also exchange these franks with each other. They can also issue, give, or exchange franks and passes with other common carriers who aren't covered by this chapter, but only if the Commission's rules allow it, and those passes are for that other carrier's officers, agents, employees, and families. The word "employees" here includes workers who are furloughed, retired with a pension, or retired due to old age. (b) Nothing in this chapter, or any other law, stops common carriers from giving free service to a government agency to help prepare for national defense. But carriers can only give this free service if they follow whatever rules the Commission sets for it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit common carriers from issuing or giving franks to, or exchanging franks with each other for the use of, their officers, agents, employees, and their families, or, subject to such rules as the Commission may prescribe, from issuing, giving, or exchanging franks and passes to or with other common carriers not subject to the provisions of this chapter, for the use of their officers, agents, employees, and their families. The term “employees”, as used in this section, shall include furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees.

(b)

Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit common carriers from rendering to any agency of the Government free service in connection with the preparation for the national defense: Provided, That such free service may be rendered only in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe therefor.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 210, 48 Stat. 1073; June 25, 1940, ch. 422, 54 Stat. 570.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 48 Stat. 1073
  • 1940Amended · Act of June 25, 1940, ch. 422 · 54 Stat. 570

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 652 on 1934-06-19.

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