| 151. | Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created. | |
| 152. | Application of chapter. | |
| 153. | Definitions. | |
| 154. | Federal Communications Commission. | |
| 155. | Commission. | |
| 155a. | Authority of Chief Information Officer. | |
| 156. | Authorization of appropriations. | |
| 157. | New technologies and services. | |
| 158. | Application fees. | |
| 159. | Regulatory fees. | |
| 159a. | Provisions applicable to application and regulatory fees. | |
| 160. | Competition in provision of telecommunications service. | |
| 161. | Regulatory reform. | |
| 162. | Additional research authorities of the FCC. | |
| 163. | Communications marketplace report. | |
| 201. | Service and charges. | |
| 202. | Discriminations and preferences. | |
| 203. | Schedules of charges. | |
| 204. | Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing. | |
| 205. | Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations. | |
| 206. | Carriers’ liability for damages. | |
| 207. | Recovery of damages. | |
| 208. | Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation. | |
| 209. | Orders for payment of money. | |
| 210. | Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense. | |
| 211. | Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission. | |
| 212. | Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities. | |
| 213. | Valuation of property of carrier. | |
| 214. | Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity. | |
| 215. | Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress. | |
| 216. | Receivers and trustees; application of chapter. | |
| 217. | Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier. | |
| 218. | Management of business; inquiries by Commission. | |
| 219. | Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally. | |
| 220. | Accounts, records, and memoranda. | |
| 221. | Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies. | |
| 222. | Privacy of customer information. | |
| 223. | Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications. | |
| 223a. | Notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions. | |
| 224. | Pole attachments. | |
| 225. | Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals. | |
| 226. | Telephone operator services. | |
| 227. | Restrictions on use of telephone equipment. | |
| 227a. | Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information. | |
| 227b. | Call authentication. | |
| 227b–1. | Access to number resources. | |
| 227b–2. | Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General. | |
| 228. | Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services. | |
| 229. | Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance. | |
| 230. | Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material. | |
| 231. | Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors. | |
| 251. | Interconnection. | |
| 251a. | State authority over fees. | |
| 252. | Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements. | |
| 253. | Removal of barriers to entry. | |
| 254. | Universal service. | |
| 255. | Access by persons with disabilities. | |
| 256. | Coordination for interconnectivity. | |
| 257. | Market entry barriers proceeding. | |
| 258. | Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections. | |
| 259. | Infrastructure sharing. | |
| 260. | Provision of telemessaging service. | |
| 261. | Effect on other requirements. | |
| 262. | Ensuring the integrity of voice communications. | |
| 271. | Bell operating company entry into interLATA services. | |
| 272. | Separate affiliate; safeguards. | |
| 273. | Manufacturing by Bell operating companies. | |
| 274. | Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies. | |
| 275. | Alarm monitoring services. | |
| 276. | Provision of payphone service. | |
| 301. | License for radio communication or transmission of energy. | |
| 302. | Repealed. | |
| 302a. | Devices which interfere with radio reception. | |
| 303. | Powers and duties of Commission. | |
| 303a. | Standards for children’s television programming. | |
| 303b. | Consideration of children’s television service in broadcast license renewal. | |
| 303c. | Television program improvement. | |
| 304. | Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum. | |
| 305. | Government owned stations. | |
| 306. | Foreign ships; application of section 301. | |
| 307. | Licenses. | |
| 308. | Requirements for license. | |
| 309. | Application for license. | |
| 309a. | Reports related to spectrum auctions. | |
| 310. | License ownership restrictions. | |
| 311. | Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service. | |
| 312. | Administrative sanctions. | |
| 312a. | Revocation of operator’s license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances. | |
| 313. | Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus. | |
| 314. | Competition in commerce; preservation. | |
| 315. | Candidates for public office. | |
| 316. | Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof. | |
| 317. | Announcement of payment for broadcast. | |
| 318. | Transmitting apparatus; operator’s license. | |
| 319. | Construction permits. | |
| 320. | Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation. | |
| 321. | Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations. | |
| 322. | Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship. | |
| 323. | Interference between Government and commercial stations. | |
| 324. | Use of minimum power. | |
| 325. | False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions. | |
| 326. | Censorship. | |
| 327. | Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates. | |
| 328. | Repealed. | |
| 329. | Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions. | |
| 330. | Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers. | |
| 331. | Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations. | |
| 332. | Mobile services. | |
| 333. | Willful or malicious interference. | |
| 334. | Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations. | |
| 335. | Direct broadcast satellite service obligations. | |
| 336. | Broadcast spectrum flexibility. | |
| 337. | Allocation and assignment of new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses. | |
| 338. | Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers. | |
| 339. | Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers. | |
| 340. | Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried. | |
| 341. | Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers. | |
| 342. | Process for issuing qualified carrier certification. | |
| 343. | Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations. | |
| 344. | Repealed. | |
| 345. | Protection of survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and related crimes. | |
| 351. | Ship radio stations and operations. | |
| 352. | Exemptions. | |
| 353. | Radio equipment and operators. | |
| 353a. | Operators and watches on radiotelephone equipped ships. | |
| 354. | Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelegraph equipped ships. | |
| 354a. | Technical requirements of equipment on radiotelephone equipped ships. | |
| 355. | Survival craft. | |
| 356. | Approval of installations by Commission. | |
| 357. | Safety information. | |
| 358. | Master’s control over operations. | |
| 359. | Certificates of compliance; issuance, modification, and cancellation. | |
| 360. | Station licenses; inspection of equipment by Commission. | |
| 361. | Control by Commission; review of decisions. | |
| 362. | Forfeitures; recovery. | |
| 363. | Automated ship distress and safety systems. | |
| 381. | Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone. | |
| 382. | Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement. | |
| 383. | Exemptions by Commission. | |
| 384. | Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment. | |
| 385. | Inspections. | |
| 386. | Forfeitures. | |
| 390. | Declaration of purpose. | |
| 391. | Authorization of appropriations. | |
| 392. | Grants for construction. | |
| 392a. | Repealed. | |
| 393. | Criteria for approval and expenditures by Secretary. | |
| 393a. | Long-range planning for facilities. | |
| 394. | Establishment of National Endowment. | |
| 395. | Assistance for demonstration projects. | |
| 396. | Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | |
| 397. | Definitions. | |
| 398. | Federal interference or control. | |
| 399. | Support of political candidates prohibited. | |
| 399a. | Use of business or institutional logograms. | |
| 399b. | Offering of certain services, facilities, or products by public broadcast station. | |
| 401. | Enforcement provisions. | |
| 402. | Judicial review of Commission’s orders and decisions. | |
| 403. | Inquiry by Commission on its own motion. | |
| 404. | Reports of investigations. | |
| 405. | Petition for reconsideration; procedure; disposition; time of filing; additional evidence; time for disposition of petition for reconsideration of order concluding hearing or investigation; appeal of order. | |
| 406. | Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction. | |
| 407. | Order for payment of money; petition for enforcement; procedure; order of Commission as prima facie evidence; costs; attorneys’ fees. | |
| 408. | Order not for payment of money; when effective. | |
| 409. | Hearings. | |
| 410. | Joint boards and commissions. | |
| 411. | Joinder of parties. | |
| 412. | Documents filed with Commission as public records; prima facie evidence; confidential records. | |
| 413. | Designation of agent for service; method of service. | |
| 414. | Exclusiveness of chapter. | |
| 415. | Limitations of actions. | |
| 416. | Orders of Commission. | |
| 501. | General penalty. | |
| 502. | Violation of rules, regulations, etc. | |
| 503. | Forfeitures. | |
| 504. | Forfeitures. | |
| 505. | Venue of trials. | |
| 506. | Repealed. | |
| 507. | Violation of Great Lakes Agreement. | |
| 508. | Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts. | |
| 509. | Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance. | |
| 510. | Forfeiture of communications devices. | |
| 511. | Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting. | |
| 521. | Purposes. | |
| 522. | Definitions. | |
| 531. | Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use. | |
| 532. | Cable channels for commercial use. | |
| 533. | Ownership restrictions. | |
| 534. | Carriage of local commercial television signals. | |
| 535. | Carriage of noncommercial educational television. | |
| 536. | Regulation of carriage agreements. | |
| 537. | Sales of cable systems. | |
| 537a. | Carriage of certain programming. | |
| 541. | General franchise requirements. | |
| 542. | Franchise fees. | |
| 543. | Regulation of rates. | |
| 544. | Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment. | |
| 544a. | Consumer electronics equipment compatibility. | |
| 545. | Modification of franchise obligations. | |
| 546. | Renewal. | |
| 547. | Conditions of sale. | |
| 548. | Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution. | |
| 549. | Competitive availability of navigation devices. | |
| 551. | Protection of subscriber privacy. | |
| 552. | Consumer protection and customer service. | |
| 553. | Unauthorized reception of cable service. | |
| 554. | Equal employment opportunity. | |
| 555. | Judicial proceedings. | |
| 555a. | Limitation of franchising authority liability. | |
| 556. | Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority. | |
| 557. | Existing franchises. | |
| 558. | Criminal and civil liability. | |
| 559. | Obscene programming. | |
| 560. | Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers. | |
| 561. | Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming. | |
| 562. | Requirements relating to charges for covered services. | |
| 571. | Regulatory treatment of video programming services. | |
| 572. | Prohibition on buy outs. | |
| 573. | Establishment of open video systems. | |
| 601. | Interstate Commerce Commission and Postmaster General; duties, powers, and functions transferred to Commission. | |
| 602 , 603. | Repealed. | |
| 604. | Effect of transfer. | |
| 605. | Unauthorized publication or use of communications. | |
| 606. | War powers of President. | |
| 607. | Effective date of chapter. | |
| 608. | Separability. | |
| 609. | Short title. | |
| 610. | Telephone service for disabled. | |
| 611. | Closed-captioning of public service announcements. | |
| 612. | Syndicated exclusivity. | |
| 613. | Video programming accessibility. | |
| 614. | Telecommunications Development Fund. | |
| 615. | Support for universal emergency telephone number. | |
| 615a. | Service provider parity of protection. | |
| 615a–1. | Duty to provide 9–1–1 and enhanced 9–1–1 service. | |
| 615b. | Definitions. | |
| 615c. | Emergency Access Advisory Committee. | |
| 616. | Internet protocol-based relay services. | |
| 617. | Access to advanced communications services and equipment. | |
| 618. | Enforcement and recordkeeping obligations. | |
| 619. | Internet browsers built into telephones used with public mobile services. | |
| 620. | Relay services for deaf-blind individuals. | |
| 621. | Rulemaking on loud commercials required. | |
| 622. | Optional electronic labeling of communications equipment. | |
| 623. | Configuration of multi-line telephone systems for direct dialing of 9–1–1. | |
| 624. | Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets. | |
| 641. | Definitions. | |
| 642. | Broadband maps. | |
| 643. | Enforcement. | |
| 644. | Improving data accuracy. | |
| 645. | Cost. | |
| 646. | Other provisions. | |
