---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 17704"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "17704"
heading: "Contents of agreements for transfer"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/17704"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 177 — Alaska Communications Disposal"
---

# §17704. Contents of agreements for transfer


An agreement by which a [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) is made under this chapter shall provide that—

- (1) subject to regulations of the Federal Communications [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) and of any body or [commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) established by Alaska to govern and regulate communications services to the public and all applicable statutes, treaties, and conventions, the person to whom the [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) is made shall provide the communication services involved in the [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) without interruption, except those services reserved by the [Federal Government](/usc/40/17101.md?p=1) in the [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3);
- (2) the rates and charges for those services applicable at the time of [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) shall not be changed for a period of one year from the date of the [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) unless approved by a governmental body or [commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) having jurisdiction; and
- (3) the [transfer](/usc/40/17701.md?p=3) will not be final until the transferee receives the requisite license and certificate of convenience and necessity to operate interstate and intrastate commercial communications in Alaska from the appropriate governmental regulatory bodies.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1288.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 17704 | 40:783. | Pub. L. 90–135, title I, § 203, Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 443. |

In clause (1), the word “rules” is omitted as being included in “regulations”.

In clause (3), the words “unless and” are omitted as unnecessary.