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Title 47 — Telecommunications

Part II · Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication

§ 356. Approval of installations by Commission

Statutory text

Insofar as is necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this part, the Commission shall have authority, for any ship subject to this part—

(1)

To approve the details as to the location and manner of installations of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part.

(2)

To approve installations, apparatus, and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part.

(3)

To prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified in this part, for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress.

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. Pub. L. 75–652 · 50 Stat. 650

    Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 356

    June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194

  2. Pub. L. 103–414 title III § 303(a)(19) · 108 Stat. 4279

    Struck · 47 U.S.C. § 356

    Pub. L. 103–414 struck out “(a)” before “Insofar as”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–414 struck out “(a)” before “Insofar as”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (19) in section 358, by striking “(a)”; 47 USC 356.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This part, referred to in text, commences with section 351 of this title.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–414 struck out “(a)” before “Insofar as”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 16 of act , set out as a note under section 351 of this title.

Credits

1934–1994 · 3 acts
  1. 1934June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194
  2. 1954renumbered § 358, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706
  3. 1994amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(19), , 108 Stat. 4295.
Show as published

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194; renumbered § 358, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(19), , 108 Stat. 4295.)

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