Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 312 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 312 : US Code - Notes

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 312, 48 Stat. 1086; July
16, 1952, ch. 879, Sec. 10, 66 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 86-752, Sec. 6,
Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 92-225, title I, Sec.
103(a)(2)(A), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 97-259, title I,
Sec. 117, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1095; Pub. L. 104-104, title IV,
Sec. 403(l), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 132; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec.
1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 148(a)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat.
2763, 2763A-251; Pub. L. 108-447, div. J, title IX [title II, Sec.
213(3)], Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3431.)
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (e), "section 558(c) of title 5" substituted for
"section 1008(b) of title 5" on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec.
7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which
enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
AMENDMENTS
2004 - Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 108-447 inserted before period at end
", except that the Commission may extend or reinstate such station
license if the holder of the station license prevails in an
administrative or judicial appeal, the applicable law changes, or
for any other reason to promote equity and fairness. Any broadcast
license revoked or terminated in Alaska in a proceeding related to
broadcasting via translator, microwave, or other alternative signal
delivery is reinstated".
2000 - Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 106-554 inserted ", other than a
non-commercial educational broadcast station," after "use of a
broadcasting station".
1996 - Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104-104 added subsec. (g).
1982 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-259 added subsec. (f).
1972 - Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 92-225 added par. (7).
1960 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 86-752 inserted provisions
referring to sections 1304, 1343 and 1464 of title 18.
1952 - Act July 16, 1952, amended section generally to provide
for revocation of licenses and permits only for acts willfully and
knowingly committed or for disregarding cease and desist orders,
and to authorize the Commission to issue cease and desist orders.
REPEALS
Repeal of title I of Pub. L. 92-225, cited as a credit to this
section, by Pub. L. 93-443, title II, Sec. 205(b), Oct. 15, 1974,
88 Stat. 1278, has been construed as not repealing the amendment to
this section made by section 103(a)(2)(A) of such title I.
DECLINATION OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING BY EDUCATIONAL BROADCAST
STATIONS
Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 148(b)],
Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-251, provided that: "The
Federal Communications Commission shall take no action against any
non-commercial educational broadcast station which declines to
carry a political advertisement."