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47 U.S.C. 332: Mobile services

Created in 1982 by Public Law 97-259. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

21 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 14 U.S.C. 720, 15 U.S.C. 7712, 18 U.S.C. 1791, 23 U.S.C. 405, 47 U.S.C. 152.

11 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (11).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–286 substituted "chapter 10 of title 5." for "the Federal Advisory Committee Act." Law text · (b)

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–141 struck out first and second sentences which read as follows: "The Commission shall review competitive market conditions with respect to commercial mobile services and shall include in its annual report an analysis of those conditions. Such analysis shall include a… (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (c)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–104, §704(a), added par. (7). (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–104, §705, added par. (8). (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–104, §3(d)(2), substituted "section 153" for "section 153(n)". (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (d), (3)

    1993

    • Pub. L. 103–66 struck out "Private land" before "mobile services" in section catchline, struck out "land" before "mobile services" wherever appearing in subsecs. (a) and (b), added subsecs. (c) and (d), and struck out former subsec. (c) which related to service provided by specialized mobile radio,…

    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.