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47 U.S.C. § 35 — Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses

submitted 105 years ago by ch. 12 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 139 words · no verdicts yet

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The President can withhold or revoke a submarine-cable license, after notice and a hearing, if doing so helps secure U.S. rights abroad or protects national security. Any license issued can't give the holder exclusive landing rights, and the FCC keeps its own separate authority over message transmission.

This section gives the President power over submarine-cable licenses. After due notice and a hearing, and if satisfied that it is justified, the President may withhold or revoke a license when doing so will help secure cable landing or operating rights in foreign countries, protect U.S. or U.S. citizens' rights and interests abroad, or promote U.S. security. The President may also grant a license with whatever terms are necessary to ensure just and reasonable rates and service for the licensed cable. A license cannot include terms giving the licensee exclusive rights to land or operate cables in the United States. Finally, nothing in this section limits the power and jurisdiction the Federal Communications Commission already has over the transmission of messages.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The President may withhold or revoke such license when he shall be satisfied after due notice and hearing that such action will assist in securing rights for the landing or operation of cables in foreign countries, or in maintaining the rights or interests of the United States or of its citizens in foreign countries, or will promote the security of the United States, or may grant such license upon such terms as shall be necessary to assure just and reasonable rates and service in the operation and use of cables so licensed. The license shall not contain terms or conditions granting to the licensee exclusive rights of landing or of operation in the United States. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the power and jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to the transmission of messages.

Source credit: (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 2, 42 Stat. 8; June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 702(c), formerly title VI, § 602(c), 48 Stat. 1102; renumbered Pub. L. 98–549, § 6(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2804.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1921Enacted · Act of May 27, 1921, ch. 12 · 42 Stat. 8
  • 1934Amended · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 48 Stat. 1102
  • 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-549 · 98 Stat. 2804

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 12 on 1921-05-27.

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