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47 U.S.C. 1452: Special requirements for incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum

Created in 2012 by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-96). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 47 U.S.C. 309, 47 U.S.C. 1401, 47 U.S.C. 1454.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (1).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2018Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

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

47 U.S.C. 1452Special requirements for incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum

(a)Reverse auction to identify incentive amount

(b)Reorganization of broadcast TV spectrum

(c)Forward auction

(d)TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund

(e)Numerical limitation on auctions and reorganization

(f)Timing

(g)Limitation on reorganization authority

(h)Protest right inapplicable

(i)Commission authority

(j)Reserve source for payment of relocation costs

(k)Payment of relocation costs of television translator stations and low power television stations

(l)Payment of Relocation Costs of FM Broadcast Stations

(m)Rulemaking

(n)Rule of construction

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

How it got here

2018

Pub. L. 115–141 added subsecs. (j) to (n). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (j), (k), (l), (m), (n)

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.