47 U.S.C. § 327 : US Code - Section 327: Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates

Search 47 U.S.C. § 327 : US Code - Section 327: Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, unless restrained by
international agreement, under the terms and conditions and at
rates prescribed by him, which rates shall be just and reasonable,
and which, upon complaint, shall be subject to review and revision
by the Commission, to use all radio stations and apparatus,
wherever located, owned by the United States and under the control
of the Navy Department, (a) for the reception and transmission of
press messages offered by any newspaper published in the United
States, its Territories or possessions, or published by citizens of
the United States in foreign countries, or by any press association
of the United States, and (b) for the reception and transmission of
private commercial messages between ships, between ship and shore,
between localities in Alaska and between Alaska and the continental
United States: Provided, That the rates fixed for the reception and
transmission of all such messages, other than press messages
between the Pacific coast of the United States, Hawaii, Alaska,
Guam, American Samoa, the Philippine Islands, and the Orient, and
between the United States and the Virgin Islands, shall not be less
than the rates charged by privately owned and operated stations for
like messages and service: Provided further, That the right to use
such stations for any of the purposes named in this section shall
terminate and cease as between any countries or localities or
between any locality and privately operated ships whenever
privately owned and operated stations are capable of meeting the
normal communication requirements between such countries or
localities or between any locality and privately operated ships,
and the Commission shall have notified the Secretary of the Navy
thereof.