Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 531 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 47 U.S.C. § 531 : US Code - Notes

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 611, as added Pub. L. 98-
549, Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2782; Pub. L. 104-104, title
V, Sec. 506(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 136.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-104 inserted before period at end
", except a cable operator may refuse to transmit any public access
program or portion of a public access program which contains
obscenity, indecency, or nudity".
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where
otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98-549,
set out as a note under section 521 of this title.
REGULATIONS
Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 10(c), Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1486,
provided that: "Within 180 days following the date of the enactment
of this Act [Oct. 5, 1992], the Federal Communications Commission
shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to enable a
cable operator of a cable system to prohibit the use, on such
system, of any channel capacity of any public, educational, or
governmental access facility for any programming which contains
obscene material, sexually explicit conduct, or material soliciting
or promoting unlawful conduct."