Pub.L. 73–416

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Pub.L. 73–416 is the public law designation for the Communications Act of 1934, the landmark U.S. federal statute that established the Federal Communications Commission and created the regulatory framework for interstate and international communications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
public law
amendedBy Telecommunications Act of 1996 NERFINISHED
appliesTo broadcast licensees
common carriers
telegraph companies
telephone companies
codifiedIn Title 47 of the United States Code NERFINISHED
containsProvision Section 1 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 202 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED
Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934
Section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934
country United States of America
surface form: United States
created Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED
createdRegulatoryFrameworkFor United States communications law NERFINISHED
broadcast licensing
common carrier telecommunications
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress NERFINISHED
established licensing system for radio stations
regulation of common carriers in communications
establishedAgency Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED
hasTitle Communications Act of 1934 NERFINISHED
influenced later U.S. telecommunications policy
jurisdiction foreign communication by radio
foreign communication by wire
interstate communication by radio
interstate communication by wire
legalCitation 48 Stat. 1064
purpose to make available a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service
to promote safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communication
to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio
regulates international communications
interstate communications
regulatesMedium cable television
radio communications
satellite communications
television broadcasting
wire communications
reorganized federal regulation of communications
replaced Federal Radio Commission with the Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter broadcasting law
communications regulation
telecommunications law
yearEnacted 1934

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