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47 U.S.C. 1401: Definitions

Created in 2012 by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-96). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 47 U.S.C. 1512.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (2), The First Responder Network Authority (1).

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2012Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012created it

47 U.S.C. 1401Definitions

(A)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and

(B)the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

(C)available to the public or such classes of eligible users as to be effectively…

(D)from 798 megahertz to 799 megahertz.

(E)supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response…

(F)provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first…

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This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

Unchanged since the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96 (Feb 22, 2012).

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.