§ 763c. Space segment capacity of the GMDSS

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. 2000

   Pub. L. 87–624 title VI § 624 · 76 Stat. 419

   Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 763c

   Pub. L. 87–624, title VI, § 624, as added Pub. L. 106–180, § 3, Mar. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 54

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 87–624, title VI, § 624, as added Pub. L. 106–180, § 3, Mar. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 54

2. 2005

   Pub. L. 109–34 § 3 · 119 Stat. 377

   1. Amended · 47 U.S.C. § 763c

      Pub. L. 109–34 amended section catchline and text generally

   2. Substituted · 47 U.S.C. § 763c

      Pub. L. 109–34 substituting provisions relating to space segment capacity of the GMDSS for provisions relating to specific criteria for Inmarsat privatization

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–34 amended section catchline and text generally, substituting provisions relating to space segment capacity of the GMDSS for provisions relating to specific criteria for Inmarsat privatization.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 3. PRESERVATION OF SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.   Section 624 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 763c) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 624. SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.   “The United States shall preserve the space segment capacity of the GMDSS. This section is not intended to alter the status that the GMDSS would otherwise have under United States laws and regulations of the International Telecommunication Union with respect to spectrum, orbital locations, or other operational parameters, or to be a barrier to competition for the provision of GMDSS services.” .

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