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47 U.S.C. 208: Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation

Created in 1988 by Public Law 100-594. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 47 U.S.C. 405.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (3).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–104 substituted "such investigation within 5 months" for "such investigation within 12 months" and struck out before period at end ", or within 15 months after such date if the investigation raises questions of fact of such extraordinary complexity that the questions can… (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (b)

    1988

    • Pub. L. 100–594 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

    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.