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Title 47 — Telecommunications

Part I · Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication

§ 334. Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations

Statutory text

(a)

Limitation

Except as specifically provided in this section, the Commission shall not revise—

(1)

the regulations concerning equal employment opportunity as in effect on (47 C.F.R. 73.2080) as such regulations apply to television broadcast station licensees and permittees; or

(2)

the forms used by such licensees and permittees to report pertinent employment data to the Commission.

(b)

Midterm review

The Commission shall revise the regulations described in subsection (a) to require a midterm review of television broadcast station licensees’ employment practices and to require the Commission to inform such licensees of necessary improvements in recruitment practices identified as a consequence of such review.

(c)

Authority to make technical revisions

The Commission may revise the regulations described in subsection (a) to make nonsubstantive technical or clerical revisions in such regulations as necessary to reflect changes in technology, terminology, or Commission organization.

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.

  1. Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–385 § 22(f) · 106 Stat. 1460

    Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 334

    (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 334, as added Pub. L. 102–385, § 22(f), Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1499.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 334, as added Pub. L. 102–385, § 22(f), Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1499.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (f) Broadcasting Equal Employment Opportunity.— Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 333 (47 U.S.C. 333) the following new section: “SEC. 334. LIMITATION ON REVISION OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REGULATIONS. “(a) Limitation.— Except as specifically provided in this section, the Commission shall not revise— “(1) the regulations concerning equal employment opportunity as in effect on September 1, 1992 (47 C.F.R. 73.2080) as such regulations apply to television broadcast station licensees and permittees; or “(2) the forms used by such licensees and permittees to report pertinent employment data to the Commission. “(b) Midterm review.— The Commission shall revise the regulations described in subsection (a) to require a midterm review of television broadcast station licensees’ employment practices and to require the Commission to inform such licensees of necessary improvements in recruitment practices identified as a consequence of such review. “(c) Authority To Make Technical Revisions.— The Commission may revise the regulations described in subsection (a) to make nonsubstantive technical or clerical revisions in such regulations as necessary to reflect changes in technology, terminology, or Commission organization.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 60 days after , see section 28 of Pub. L. 102–385, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 325 of this title.

Credits

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 334, as added Pub. L. 102–385, § 22(f), , 106 Stat. 1499.)

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