47 U.S.C. § 303
Powers and duties of Commission
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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- 47 U.S.C. § 303, Powers and duties of Commission, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/488733
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commission from time to time, as public convenience, interest, or necessity requires, shall—
Have authority to suspend the license of any operator upon proof sufficient to satisfy the Commission that the licensee—
has transmitted superfluous radio communications or signals or communications containing profane or obscene words, language, or meaning, or has knowingly transmitted—
Require that, if technically feasible—
apparatus designed to receive or play back video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound, if such apparatus is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States and uses a picture screen of any size—
notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection—
the Commission shall have the authority, on its own motion or in response to a petition by a manufacturer, to waive the requirements of this subsection for any apparatus or class of apparatus—
Have authority to allocate electromagnetic spectrum so as to provide flexibility of use, if—
the Commission finds, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, that—
Require that—
Require—
Require—
that, with respect to navigation device features and functions—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to permit the Federal Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, directors, or stockholders; and to permit aliens holding such radio station licenses to be licensed as operators.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Communications Amendments Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally