Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 201 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 201 : US Code - Notes

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, Sec. 201, 48 Stat. 1070; May 31,
1938, ch. 296, 52 Stat. 588.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original
"this Act", meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as
amended, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is
classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1938 - Subsec. (b). Act May 31, 1938, inserted proviso relating
to reports of positions of ships at sea.
TELEPHONE RATES FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED ABROAD
Pub. L. 102-538, title II, Sec. 213, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat.
3545, provided that:
"(a) In General. - The Federal Communications Commission shall
make efforts to reduce telephone rates for Armed Forces personnel
in the following countries: Germany, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia,
Great Britain, Italy, Philippines, Panama, Spain, Turkey, Iceland,
the Netherlands, Greece, Cuba, Belgium, Portugal, Bermuda, Diego
Garcia, Egypt, and Honduras.
"(b) Factors To Consider. - In making the efforts described in
subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission, in
coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of State,
and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
shall consider the cost to military personnel and their families of
placing telephone calls by -
"(1) evaluating and analyzing the costs to Armed Forces
personnel of such telephone calls to and from American military
bases abroad;
"(2) evaluate methods of reducing the rates imposed on such
calls;
"(3) determine the extent to which it is feasible for the
Federal Communications Commission to encourage the carriers to
adopt flexible billing procedures and policies for members of the
Armed Forces and their families for telephone calls to and from
the countries listed in subsection (a); and
"(4) advise executive branch agencies of methods for the United
States to persuade foreign governments to reduce the surcharges
that are often placed on such telephone calls."