Communications Act of 1934

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The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.

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Generate an image of the Communications Act of 1934 (The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
communications law ⓘ
amendedBy Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 ⓘ
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act ⓘ
Telecommunications Act of 1996 ⓘ
authorizes allocation of radio spectrum ⓘ
licensing of broadcast stations ⓘ
rate regulation of common carriers (historically) ⓘ
citation 48 Stat. 1064 ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 47 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsSection Section 201 ⓘ
Section 202 ⓘ
Section 214 ⓘ
Section 301 ⓘ
Section 302 ⓘ
Section 303 ⓘ
Section 307 ⓘ
Section 309 ⓘ
Section 310 ⓘ
Section 315 ⓘ
Section 332 ⓘ
Section 605 ⓘ
containsTitle Title I – General Provisions ⓘ
Title II – Common Carriers ⓘ
Title III – Provisions Relating to Radio ⓘ
Title IV – Procedural and Administrative Provisions ⓘ
Title V – Penal Provisions; Forfeitures ⓘ
Title VI – Cable Communications ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
dateSigned 1934-06-19 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1934-07-01 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes licensing system for radio stations ⓘ
regulatory framework for common carriers ⓘ
universal service principles ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
influenced development of U.S. telecommunications policy in the 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire and radio, and for other purposes ⓘ
predecessor Radio Act of 1927 ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 73–416 ⓘ
purpose to centralize authority over communications regulation in a single federal agency ⓘ
to make available a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service ⓘ
to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio ⓘ
regulates broadcasting ⓘ
common carrier telecommunications services ⓘ
foreign communications ⓘ
interstate communications ⓘ
radio communications ⓘ
wire communications ⓘ
replaced Federal Radio Commission ⓘ
requires broadcast licensees to operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

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Federal Communications Commission → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 → amended → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Communications Act of 1934 → containsTitle → Title VI – Cable Communications ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Communications Act of 1934 → longTitle → An Act to provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire and radio, and for other purposes ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Lifeline program → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Rural Health Care program → legalAuthority → Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Emergency Alert System (United States) → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Title 47 of the United States Code → contains → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
United States commercial space policy → basedOn → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Telecommunications Act of 1996 → amends → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Radio Act of 1927 → supersededBy → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Radio Act of 1927 → influenced → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Radio Act of 1927 → repealedBy → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Pub.L. 73–416 → hasTitle → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Pub.L. 73–416 → createdRegulatoryFrameworkFor → United States communications law ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Pub.L. 73–416 → containsProvision → Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Title II – Common Carriers → partOf → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Title II – Common Carriers → containsSection → Section 204 of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Title II – Common Carriers → enactedAsPartOf → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Title IV – Procedural and Administrative Provisions → relatedTo → Title I – General Provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Title IV – Procedural and Administrative Provisions → relatedTo → Title III – Provisions Relating to Radio of the Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Title V – Penal Provisions; Forfeitures → partOf → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Title V – Penal Provisions; Forfeitures → citationContext → Title V of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ⓘ
linked to: Communications Act of 1934
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 → amends → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Universal Service Fund → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Connect America Fund → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Presidential Emergency Action Messages → legalBasis → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Chapter 5 – Wire or Radio Communication → relatedTo → Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ