Telecommunications Act of 1996

Pub. L. 104–104

Also known as: Communications Decency Act of 1996

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

85 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 104-98 and Public Law 104-333.

• 15 U.S.C. § 18 — Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another
• 15 U.S.C. § 79 — Short title of chapter
• 15 U.S.C. § 79z-5c — 79z–5c. Exempt telecommunications companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 79z-6 — 79z–6. Separability clause
• 15 U.S.C. § 5714 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1462 — Importation or transportation of obscene matters
• 18 U.S.C. § 1465 — Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2422 — Coercion and enticement
• 47 U.S.C. § 151 — Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created
• 47 U.S.C. § 153 — Definitions
• 47 U.S.C. § 154 — Federal Communications Commission
• 47 U.S.C. § 155 — Commission
• 47 U.S.C. § 160 — Competition in provision of telecommunications service
• 47 U.S.C. § 161 — Regulatory reform
• 47 U.S.C. § 204 — Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing
• 47 U.S.C. § 208 — Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation
• 47 U.S.C. § 214 — Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity
• 47 U.S.C. § 220 — Accounts, records, and memoranda
• 47 U.S.C. § 221 — Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
• 47 U.S.C. § 222 — Privacy of customer information
• 47 U.S.C. § 223 — Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
• 47 U.S.C. § 224 — Pole attachments
• 47 U.S.C. § 225 — Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
• 47 U.S.C. § 228 — Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services
• 47 U.S.C. § 230 — Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material
• 47 U.S.C. § 251 — Interconnection
• 47 U.S.C. § 252 — Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements
• 47 U.S.C. § 253 — Removal of barriers to entry
• 47 U.S.C. § 254 — Universal service
• 47 U.S.C. § 255 — Access by persons with disabilities
• 47 U.S.C. § 256 — Coordination for interconnectivity
• 47 U.S.C. § 257 — Market entry barriers proceeding
• 47 U.S.C. § 258 — Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections
• 47 U.S.C. § 259 — Infrastructure sharing
• 47 U.S.C. § 260 — Provision of telemessaging service
• 47 U.S.C. § 261 — Effect on other requirements
• 47 U.S.C. § 271 — Bell operating company entry into interLATA services
• 47 U.S.C. § 272 — Separate affiliate; safeguards
• 47 U.S.C. § 273 — Manufacturing by Bell operating companies
• 47 U.S.C. § 274 — Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies
• 47 U.S.C. § 275 — Alarm monitoring services
• 47 U.S.C. § 276 — Provision of payphone service
• 47 U.S.C. § 302a — Devices which interfere with radio reception
• 47 U.S.C. § 303 — Powers and duties of Commission
• 47 U.S.C. § 305 — Government owned stations
• 47 U.S.C. § 307 — Licenses
• 47 U.S.C. § 308 — Requirements for license
• 47 U.S.C. § 309 — Application for license
• 47 U.S.C. § 310 — License ownership restrictions
• 47 U.S.C. § 312 — Administrative sanctions
• 47 U.S.C. § 319 — Construction permits
• 47 U.S.C. § 330 — Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers
• 47 U.S.C. § 332 — Mobile services
• 47 U.S.C. § 336 — Broadcast spectrum flexibility
• 47 U.S.C. § 360 — Station licenses; inspection of equipment by Commission
• 47 U.S.C. § 363 — Automated ship distress and safety systems
• 47 U.S.C. § 382 — Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement
• 47 U.S.C. § 385 — Inspections
• 47 U.S.C. § 402 — Judicial review of Commission's orders and decisions
• 47 U.S.C. § 522 — Definitions
• 47 U.S.C. § 531 — Cable channels for public, educational, or governmental use
• 47 U.S.C. § 532 — Cable channels for commercial use
• 47 U.S.C. § 533 — Ownership restrictions
• 47 U.S.C. § 534 — Carriage of local commercial television signals
• 47 U.S.C. § 537 — Sales of cable systems
• 47 U.S.C. § 541 — General franchise requirements
• 47 U.S.C. § 542 — Franchise fees
• 47 U.S.C. § 543 — Regulation of rates
• 47 U.S.C. § 544 — Regulation of services, facilities, and equipment
• 47 U.S.C. § 544a — Consumer electronics equipment compatibility
• 47 U.S.C. § 548 — Development of competition and diversity in video programming distribution
• 47 U.S.C. § 549 — Competitive availability of navigation devices
• 47 U.S.C. § 552 — Consumer protection and customer service
• 47 U.S.C. § 556 — Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority
• 47 U.S.C. § 557 — Existing franchises
• 47 U.S.C. § 559 — Obscene programming
• 47 U.S.C. § 560 — Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers
• 47 U.S.C. § 561 — Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming
• 47 U.S.C. § 571 — Regulatory treatment of video programming services
• 47 U.S.C. § 572 — Prohibition on buy outs
• 47 U.S.C. § 573 — Establishment of open video systems
• 47 U.S.C. § 605 — Unauthorized publication or use of communications
• 47 U.S.C. § 613 — Video programming accessibility
• 47 U.S.C. § 614 — Telecommunications Development Fund
• 47 U.S.C. § 1302 — Advanced telecommunications incentives