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47 U.S.C. § 763c

Space segment capacity of the GMDSS

United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective

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47 U.S.C. § 763c, Space segment capacity of the GMDSS, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/488954
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The United States shall preserve the space segment capacity of the GMDSS. This section is not intended to alter the status that the GMDSS would otherwise have under United States laws and regulations of the International Telecommunication Union with respect to spectrum, orbital locations, or other operational parameters, or to be a barrier to competition for the provision of GMDSS services.

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 106-180(S. 376)2000-03-17
    ORBIT Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-34(S. 1282)2005-07-12
    A bill to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the privatization criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain restrictions on separated and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally