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47 U.S.C. § 22 · Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
47 U.S.C. § 23 · Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
47 U.S.C. § 24 · Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
47 U.S.C. § 25 · Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
47 U.S.C. § 26 · Duties of commanders of warships
47 U.S.C. § 27 · Offending vessels to show nationality
47 U.S.C. § 28 · Penalties not to bar suits for damages
47 U.S.C. § 29 · Master of offending vessel punishable
47 U.S.C. § 30 · Definitions
47 U.S.C. § 31 · Summary trials
47 U.S.C. § 32 · Application
47 U.S.C. § 33 · Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
47 U.S.C. § 34 · Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
47 U.S.C. § 35 · Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses
47 U.S.C. § 36 · Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
47 U.S.C. § 37 · Violations; punishment
47 U.S.C. § 38 · “United States” defined
47 U.S.C. § 39 · Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted
47 U.S.C. § 51 to 63 · Repealed. Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 39, 44 Stat. 1174
47 U.S.C. § 81 to 83 · Repealed. June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 602(a), 48 Stat. 1102
47 U.S.C. § 83a to 83e · Omitted
47 U.S.C. § 84 · Repealed. June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 602(a), 48 Stat. 1102
47 U.S.C. § 84a, 84b · Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647
47 U.S.C. § 85 to 119 · Repealed. June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 602(a), 48 Stat. 1102
47 U.S.C. § 120, 121 · Omitted
47 U.S.C. § 151 · Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created
47 U.S.C. § 152 · Application of chapter
47 U.S.C. § 153 · Definitions
47 U.S.C. § 154 · Federal Communications Commission
47 U.S.C. § 155 · Commission
47 U.S.C. § 155a · Authority of Chief Information Officer
47 U.S.C. § 156 · Authorization of appropriations
47 U.S.C. § 157 · New technologies and services
47 U.S.C. § 158 · Application fees
47 U.S.C. § 159 · Regulatory fees
47 U.S.C. § 159a · Provisions applicable to application and regulatory fees
47 U.S.C. § 160 · Competition in provision of telecommunications service
47 U.S.C. § 161 · Regulatory reform
47 U.S.C. § 162 · Additional research authorities of the FCC
47 U.S.C. § 163 · Communications marketplace report
47 U.S.C. § 201 · Service and charges
47 U.S.C. § 202 · Discriminations and preferences
47 U.S.C. § 203 · Schedules of charges
47 U.S.C. § 204 · Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing
47 U.S.C. § 205 · Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations
47 U.S.C. § 206 · Carriers’ liability for damages
47 U.S.C. § 207 · Recovery of damages
47 U.S.C. § 208 · Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation
47 U.S.C. § 209 · Orders for payment of money
47 U.S.C. § 210 · Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense
47 U.S.C. § 211 · Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission
47 U.S.C. § 212 · Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities
47 U.S.C. § 213 · Valuation of property of carrier
47 U.S.C. § 214 · Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity
47 U.S.C. § 215 · Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress
47 U.S.C. § 216 · Receivers and trustees; application of chapter
47 U.S.C. § 217 · Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier
47 U.S.C. § 218 · Management of business; inquiries by Commission
47 U.S.C. § 219 · Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally
47 U.S.C. § 220 · Accounts, records, and memoranda
47 U.S.C. § 221 · Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
47 U.S.C. § 222 · Privacy of customer information
47 U.S.C. § 223 · Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
47 U.S.C. § 223a · Notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions
47 U.S.C. § 224 · Pole attachments
47 U.S.C. § 225 · Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
47 U.S.C. § 226 · Telephone operator services
47 U.S.C. § 227 · Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
47 U.S.C. § 227a · Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information
47 U.S.C. § 227b · Call authentication
47 U.S.C. § 227b–1 · Access to number resources
47 U.S.C. § 227b–2 · Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General
47 U.S.C. § 228 · Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services
47 U.S.C. § 229 · Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance
47 U.S.C. § 230 · Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material
47 U.S.C. § 231 · Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors
47 U.S.C. § 251 · Interconnection
47 U.S.C. § 251a · State authority over fees
47 U.S.C. § 252 · Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements
47 U.S.C. § 253 · Removal of barriers to entry
47 U.S.C. § 254 · Universal service
47 U.S.C. § 255 · Access by persons with disabilities
47 U.S.C. § 256 · Coordination for interconnectivity
47 U.S.C. § 257 · Market entry barriers proceeding
47 U.S.C. § 258 · Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections
47 U.S.C. § 259 · Infrastructure sharing
47 U.S.C. § 260 · Provision of telemessaging service
47 U.S.C. § 261 · Effect on other requirements
47 U.S.C. § 262 · Ensuring the integrity of voice communications
47 U.S.C. § 271 · Bell operating company entry into interLATA services
47 U.S.C. § 272 · Separate affiliate; safeguards
47 U.S.C. § 273 · Manufacturing by Bell operating companies
47 U.S.C. § 274 · Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies
47 U.S.C. § 275 · Alarm monitoring services
47 U.S.C. § 276 · Provision of payphone service
47 U.S.C. § 301 · License for radio communication or transmission of energy
47 U.S.C. § 302 · Repealed. June 5, 1936, ch. 511, § 1, 49 Stat. 1475
47 U.S.C. § 302a · Devices which interfere with radio reception
47 U.S.C. § 303 · Powers and duties of Commission
47 U.S.C. § 303a · Standards for children’s television programming