Title 47 — Telecommunications
Part I · Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication
§ 304. Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum
Statutory text
No station license shall be granted by the Commission until the applicant therefor shall have waived any claim to the use of any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise.
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.
Pub. L. 73–652 · 48 Stat. 1064
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 304
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 304, 48 Stat. 1083
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 304, 48 Stat. 1083Pub. L. 97–259 title I § 127(a) · 96 Stat. 1087
Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 304
Pub. L. 97–259 substituted “electromagnetic spectrum” for “ether”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–259 substituted “electromagnetic spectrum” for “ether”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 804) is amended by striking out “ether” and inserting in lieu thereof “electromagnetic spectrum”.Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–538 title II § 204(a) · 106 Stat. 3533
Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 304
Pub. L. 102–538 substituted “waived” for “signed a waiver of”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–538 substituted “waived” for “signed a waiver of”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Waiver of Frequency or Spectrum Claim.— Sections 304 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 304) is amended by striking “signed a waiver of” and inserting in lieu thereof “waived”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1982–1992 · 2 rounds
1992
Pub. L. 102–538 substituted “waived” for “signed a waiver of”.
1982
Pub. L. 97–259 substituted “electromagnetic spectrum” for “ether”.
Credits
1934–1992 · 3 acts
- 1934June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 304, 48 Stat. 1083
- 1982Pub. L. 97–259, title I, § 127(a), , 96 Stat. 1099
- 1992Pub. L. 102–538, title II, § 204(a), , 106 Stat. 3543.
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(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 304, 48 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 97–259, title I, § 127(a), , 96 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 102–538, title II, § 204(a), , 106 Stat. 3543.)