---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schIII/ptI"
level: "part"
label: "Part I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schIII-ptI"
sections_count: 51
---

# Part I — General Provisions

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication › Subchapter III — Special Provisions Relating to Radio

## Sections

- [§301. License for radio communication or transmission of energy](/usc/47/301.md)
- [§302. Repealed.](/usc/47/302.md)
- [§302a. Devices which interfere with radio reception](/usc/47/302a.md)
- [§303. Powers and duties of Commission](/usc/47/303.md)
- [§303a. Standards for children’s television programming](/usc/47/303a.md)
- [§303b. Consideration of children’s television service in broadcast license renewal](/usc/47/303b.md)
- [§303c. Television program improvement](/usc/47/303c.md)
- [§304. Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum](/usc/47/304.md)
- [§305. Government owned stations](/usc/47/305.md)
- [§306. Foreign ships; application of section 301](/usc/47/306.md)
- [§307. Licenses](/usc/47/307.md)
- [§308. Requirements for license](/usc/47/308.md)
- [§309. Application for license](/usc/47/309.md)
- [§309a. Reports related to spectrum auctions](/usc/47/309a.md)
- [§310. License ownership restrictions](/usc/47/310.md)
- [§311. Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service](/usc/47/311.md)
- [§312. Administrative sanctions](/usc/47/312.md)
- [§312a. Revocation of operator’s license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances](/usc/47/312a.md)
- [§313. Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus](/usc/47/313.md)
- [§314. Competition in commerce; preservation](/usc/47/314.md)
- [§315. Candidates for public office](/usc/47/315.md)
- [§316. Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof](/usc/47/316.md)
- [§317. Announcement of payment for broadcast](/usc/47/317.md)
- [§318. Transmitting apparatus; operator’s license](/usc/47/318.md)
- [§319. Construction permits](/usc/47/319.md)
- [§320. Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation](/usc/47/320.md)
- [§321. Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations](/usc/47/321.md)
- [§322. Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship](/usc/47/322.md)
- [§323. Interference between Government and commercial stations](/usc/47/323.md)
- [§324. Use of minimum power](/usc/47/324.md)
- [§325. False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions](/usc/47/325.md)
- [§326. Censorship](/usc/47/326.md)
- [§327. Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates](/usc/47/327.md)
- [§328. Repealed.](/usc/47/328.md)
- [§329. Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions](/usc/47/329.md)
- [§330. Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers](/usc/47/330.md)
- [§331. Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations](/usc/47/331.md)
- [§332. Mobile services](/usc/47/332.md)
- [§333. Willful or malicious interference](/usc/47/333.md)
- [§334. Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations](/usc/47/334.md)
- [§335. Direct broadcast satellite service obligations](/usc/47/335.md)
- [§336. Broadcast spectrum flexibility](/usc/47/336.md)
- [§337. Allocation and assignment of new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses](/usc/47/337.md)
- [§338. Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers](/usc/47/338.md)
- [§339. Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers](/usc/47/339.md)
- [§340. Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried](/usc/47/340.md)
- [§341. Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers](/usc/47/341.md)
- [§342. Process for issuing qualified carrier certification](/usc/47/342.md)
- [§343. Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations](/usc/47/343.md)
- [§344. Repealed.](/usc/47/344.md)
- [§345. Protection of survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and related crimes](/usc/47/345.md)