---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schI"
sections_count: 15
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication

## Sections

- [§151. Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created](/usc/47/151.md)
- [§152. Application of chapter](/usc/47/152.md)
- [§153. Definitions](/usc/47/153.md)
- [§154. Federal Communications Commission](/usc/47/154.md)
- [§155. Commission](/usc/47/155.md)
- [§155a. Authority of Chief Information Officer](/usc/47/155a.md)
- [§156. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/47/156.md)
- [§157. New technologies and services](/usc/47/157.md)
- [§158. Application fees](/usc/47/158.md)
- [§159. Regulatory fees](/usc/47/159.md)
- [§159a. Provisions applicable to application and regulatory fees](/usc/47/159a.md)
- [§160. Competition in provision of telecommunications service](/usc/47/160.md)
- [§161. Regulatory reform](/usc/47/161.md)
- [§162. Additional research authorities of the FCC](/usc/47/162.md)
- [§163. Communications marketplace report](/usc/47/163.md)