Title 47

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

403 sections in this title, page 2 of 5.

§ 163

Communications marketplace report

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1701

Findings

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER I — BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

§ 1702

Grants for broadband deployment

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER I — BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

§ 1703

Broadband DATA maps

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER I — BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

§ 1704

Broadband Deployment Locations Map

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER I — BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

§ 1705

Grants for broadband connectivity

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER I — BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES

§ 1721

Definitions

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1722

Sense of Congress

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1723

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1724

Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1725

Policy research, data collection, analysis and modeling, evaluation, and dissemination

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1726

General provisions

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER II — DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021

§ 1741

Enabling middle mile broadband infrastructure

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER III — ENABLING MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

§ 1751

Definitions

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY

§ 1752

Benefit for broadband service

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY

§ 1753

Adoption of consumer broadband labels

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY

§ 1754

Digital discrimination

CHAPTER 16 — BROADBAND ACCESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY

§ 201

Service and charges

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 202

Discriminations and preferences

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 203

Schedules of charges

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 204

Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 205

Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 206

Carriers’ liability for damages

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 207

Recovery of damages

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 208

Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 209

Orders for payment of money

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 21

Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 210

Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 211

Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 212

Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 213

Valuation of property of carrier

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 214

Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 215

Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 216

Receivers and trustees; application of chapter

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 217

Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 218

Management of business; inquiries by Commission

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 219

Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 22

Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 220

Accounts, records, and memoranda

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 221

Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 222

Privacy of customer information

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 223

Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 223a

Notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 224

Pole attachments

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 225

Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 226

Telephone operator services

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 227

Restrictions on use of telephone equipment

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 227a

Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 227b

Call authentication

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 227b–1

Access to number resources

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 227b–2

Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 228

Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 229

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 23

Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 230

Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 231

Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

§ 24

Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 25

Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 251

Interconnection

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 251a

State authority over fees

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 252

Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 253

Removal of barriers to entry

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 254

Universal service

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 255

Access by persons with disabilities

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 256

Coordination for interconnectivity

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 257

Market entry barriers proceeding

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 258

Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 259

Infrastructure sharing

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 26

Duties of commanders of warships

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 260

Provision of telemessaging service

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 261

Effect on other requirements

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 262

Ensuring the integrity of voice communications

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part II — Development of Competitive Markets

§ 27

Offending vessels to show nationality

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 271

Bell operating company entry into interLATA services

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 272

Separate affiliate; safeguards

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 273

Manufacturing by Bell operating companies

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 274

Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 275

Alarm monitoring services

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 276

Provision of payphone service

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMON CARRIERS › Part III — Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

§ 28

Penalties not to bar suits for damages

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 29

Master of offending vessel punishable

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 30

Definitions

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 301

License for radio communication or transmission of energy

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 302a

Devices which interfere with radio reception

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 303

Powers and duties of Commission

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 303a

Standards for children’s television programming

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 303b

Consideration of children’s television service in broadcast license renewal

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 303c

Television program improvement

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 304

Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 305

Government owned stations

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 306

Foreign ships; application of section 301

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 307

Licenses

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 308

Requirements for license

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 309

Application for license

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 309a

Reports related to spectrum auctions

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 31

Summary trials

CHAPTER 2 — SUBMARINE CABLES

§ 310

License ownership restrictions

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 311

Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 312

Administrative sanctions

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions

§ 312a

Revocation of operator’s license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances

CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I — General Provisions