ORBIT Act

Pub. L. 106-180

Also known as: Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act

17 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 106-170 and Public Law 106-580.

• 47 U.S.C. § 761 — Federal Communications Commission licensing
• 47 U.S.C. § 761a — Incentives; limitation on expansion pending privatization
• 47 U.S.C. § 763 — General criteria to ensure a pro-competitive privatization of INTELSAT and Inmarsat
• 47 U.S.C. § 763a — Specific criteria for INTELSAT
• 47 U.S.C. § 763b — Specific criteria for INTELSAT separated entities
• 47 U.S.C. § 763c — Specific criteria for Inmarsat
• 47 U.S.C. § 763d — Encouraging market access and privatization
• 47 U.S.C. § 765 — Access to INTELSAT
• 47 U.S.C. § 765a — Signatory role
• 47 U.S.C. § 765b — Elimination of procurement preferences
• 47 U.S.C. § 765c — ITU functions
• 47 U.S.C. § 765d — Termination of provisions of this chapter
• 47 U.S.C. § 765e — Reports to Congress
• 47 U.S.C. § 765f — Satellite auctions
• 47 U.S.C. § 765g — Exclusivity arrangements
• 47 U.S.C. § 767 — Methods to pursue privatization
• 47 U.S.C. § 769 — Definitions