§741. Common carrier status of corporation; laws applicable to corporation; common carrier activity; conflict of laws

The corporation shall be deemed to be a common carrier within the meaning of section 3(h) ¹ of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and as such shall be fully subject to the provisions of title II [47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.] and title III [47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] of that Act. The provision of satellite terminal station facilities by one communication common carrier to one or more other communications common carriers shall be deemed to be a common carrier activity fully subject to the Communications Act [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.]. Whenever the application of the provisions of this chapter shall be inconsistent with the application of the provisions of the Communications Act, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.

( Pub. L. 87–624, title IV, §401, Aug. 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 426 .)

References in Text

Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 153], referred to in text, was subsequently amended, and, as so amended, no longer contains a subsec. (h) defining "common carrier". However, such term is defined elsewhere in that section.

The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1964 , as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 5 (§151 et seq.) of this title. Titles II and III of the Communications Act of 1934 are classified generally to subchapters II (§201 et seq.) and III (§301 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.

¹ See References in Text note below.