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§393a Long-range Planning for Facilities

Title 47 › Chapter 5— WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › Subchapter III— SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part IV— Assistance for Planning and Construction of Public Telecommunications Facilities; Telecommunications Demonstrations; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; General Provisions › Subpart a— assistance for planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities › § 393a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must, with the Corporation and public telecom groups, make a long-range plan to meet the law's goals. It must include a detailed 5-year forecast of needed public telecom facilities and their costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §393a

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(a)The Secretary, in consultation with the Corporation, public telecommunications entities, and as appropriate with other parties, shall develop a long-range plan to accomplish the objectives set forth in section 390 of this title. Such plan shall include a detailed 5-year projection of the broadcast and nonbroadcast public telecommunications facilities required to meet such objectives, and the expenditures necessary to provide such facilities.
(b)Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1021(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 712.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1995—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The plan required in subsection (a) of this section shall be updated annually, and a summary of the activities of the Secretary in implementing the plan, shall be submitted concurrently to the President and the Congress not later than the 31st day of December of each year.” 1978—Pub. L. 95–567 substituted provisions dealing with long-range planning for facilities for provisions authorizing the Secretary to establish

Rules and Regulations

necessary for this subpart. See section 392(e) of this title. 1967—Pub. L. 90–129, § 201(2), substituted “subpart” for “part”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–567 effective Nov. 2, 1978, see section 403 of Pub. L. 95–567, set out as a note under section 390 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

47 U.S.C. § 393a

Title 47Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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