Volume 76
Public Law 87–862
To amend section 203 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, with respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity.
Approved October 23, 1962
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 203 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, with respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 203 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 924), is amended by striking out subsection (a) thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“(a) As used in this title, the term ‘telephone service’ shall be deemed to mean any communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity between the transmitting and receiving apparatus, and shall include all telephone lines, facilities, or systems used in the rendition of such service; but shall not be deemed to mean message telegram service or community antenna television system services or facilities other than those intended exclusively for educational purposes, or radio broadcasting services or facilities within the meaning
of section 3(o) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.”
Approved October 23, 1962.