Public Law 83–345

That section 2 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended to read

48 Stat. 1065.

47 USC 152(b).

as follows:

“(b)“(b)

Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act

47 USC 301.

Commission jurisdiction.

Limitation.

shall be construed to apply or to give the Commission jurisdiction with respect to (1) charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with intrastate communication service by wire or radio of any carrier, or (2) any carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication solely through physical connection with the facilities of another carrier not directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such carrier, or (3) any carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication solely through connection by radio, or by wire and radio, with facilities, located in an adjoining State or in Canada or Mexico (where they adjoin the State in which the carrier is doing business), of another carrier not directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such carrier, or (4) any carrier to which clause (2) or clause (3) would be applicable except for furnishing interstate mobile radio communication service or radio communication service to mobile stations on land vehicles in Canada or Mexico; except that sections 201 through 205 of this Act, both inclusive, shall, except as otherwise

47 USC 201–205.

provided therein, apply to carriers described in clauses (2), (3), and (4).”

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Sec. 2.

So much of section 3 (e) of the Communications Act of

“Interstate communication.”

47 USC 153.

1934, as amended, as follows the semicolon is amended to read as follows: “but shall not, with respect to the provisions of title II of this Act, include wire or radio communication between points in the same State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, through any place outside thereof, if such communication is regulated by a State commission”.

Sec. 3.

Section 3 (u) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“(u)“(u)

‘Connecting carrier’ means a carrier described in clauses (2),

“Connecting carrier.”

(3), or (4) of section 2 (b).”

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Sec. 4.

Section 221 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as

47 USC 221(b).

amended, is amended to read as follows:

“(b)“(b)

Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act

47 USC 301.

State telephone service.

shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority.”

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