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47 U.S.C. § 384 — Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 652 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 138 words · no verdicts yet

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The Commission controls technical rules for vessel radio equipment under this part. It can set operating specs like frequency, power, and range. It can also approve equipment installation details and require extra gear for emergencies.

This section gives the Commission authority over any vessel covered by this part, in four areas: (1) The Commission can specify the operating and technical conditions and characteristics — including frequencies, emissions, power, communication capability, and range — of installations required by this part. (2) The Commission can approve the details of where and how equipment required by this part, or equipment needed to meet this part's purposes and requirements, must be installed. (3) The Commission can approve the installations, apparatus, and spare parts needed to comply with this part's purposes and requirements. (4) The Commission can prescribe additional equipment beyond what's specified here, if it decides that equipment is needed for the radio installation to work properly, or for proper radio communication during an emergency or distress situation.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Commission shall have authority with respect to any vessel subject to this part—

(1)

to specify operating and technical conditions and characteristics including frequencies, emissions, power, communication capability and range, of installations required by reason of this part;

(2)

to approve the details as to the location and manner of installation of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part;

(3)

to approve installations, apparatus and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part;

(4)

to prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified herein for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 384, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 973, § 1, 70 Stat. 1048; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(20)(D), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 70 Stat. 1048
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-414 · 108 Stat. 4295

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

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