Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 13 — Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions
§ 1432. Prohibition on direct offering of commercial telecommunications service directly to consumers
Statutory text
In general
The First Responder Network Authority shall not offer, provide, or market commercial telecommunications or information services directly to consumers.
Rule of construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the First Responder Network Authority and a secondary user from entering into a covered leasing agreement pursuant to section 1428(a)(2)(B) of this title. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the First Responder Network Authority from collecting lease fees related to network equipment and infrastructure pursuant to section 1428(a)(3) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Pub. L. 112–96 title VI § 6212 · 126 Stat. 156
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1432
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6212, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 218.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6212, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 218.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6212. PROHIBITION ON DIRECT OFFERING OF COMMERCIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS. (a) In General.— The First Responder Network Authority shall not offer, provide, or market commercial telecommunications or information services directly to consumers. (b) Rule of Construction.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the First Responder Network Authority and a secondary user from entering into a covered leasing agreement pursuant to section 6208(a)(2)(B). Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the First Responder Network Authority from collecting lease fees related to network equipment and infrastructure pursuant to section 6208(a)(3).
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