---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schV–A/ptIV"
level: "part"
label: "Part IV"
heading: "Miscellaneous Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schV-A-ptIV"
sections_count: 13
---

# Part IV — Miscellaneous Provisions

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication › Subchapter V–A — Cable Communications

## Sections

- [§551. Protection of subscriber privacy](/usc/47/551.md)
- [§552. Consumer protection and customer service](/usc/47/552.md)
- [§553. Unauthorized reception of cable service](/usc/47/553.md)
- [§554. Equal employment opportunity](/usc/47/554.md)
- [§555. Judicial proceedings](/usc/47/555.md)
- [§555a. Limitation of franchising authority liability](/usc/47/555a.md)
- [§556. Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority](/usc/47/556.md)
- [§557. Existing franchises](/usc/47/557.md)
- [§558. Criminal and civil liability](/usc/47/558.md)
- [§559. Obscene programming](/usc/47/559.md)
- [§560. Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers](/usc/47/560.md)
- [§561. Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service programming](/usc/47/561.md)
- [§562. Requirements relating to charges for covered services](/usc/47/562.md)