For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications, and for the purpose of securing a more effective execution of this policy by centralizing authority heretofore granted by law to several agencies and by granting additional authority with respect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire and radio communication, there is created a commission to be known as the “Federal Communications Commission”, which shall be constituted as hereinafter provided, and which shall execute and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications, and for the purpose of securing a more effective execution of this policy by centralizing authority heretofore granted by law to several agencies and by granting additional authority with respect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire and radio communication, there is created a commission to be known as the “Federal Communications Commission”, which shall be constituted as hereinafter provided, and which shall execute and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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§ 151. Purposes of chapter; Federal Communica-
tions Commission created
For the purpose of regulating interstate and
foreign commerce in communication by wire
and radio so as to make available, so far as pos-
sible, to all the people of the United States,
without discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid,
efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and
radio communication service with adequate fa-
cilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of
the national defense, for the purpose of pro-
moting safety of life and property through the
use of wire and radio communications, and for
the purpose of securing a more effective execu-
tion of this policy by centralizing authority
heretofore granted by law to several agencies
and by granting additional authority with re-
spect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire
and radio communication, there is created a
commission to be known as the ‘‘Federal Com-
munications Commission’’, which shall be con-
stituted as hereinafter provided, and which shall
execute and enforce the provisions of this chap-
ter.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 1064;
May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 1, 50 Stat. 189; Pub. L.
104–104, title I, § 104, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 86.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat.
1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of
this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–104 inserted ‘‘, without discrimina-
tion on the basis of race, color, religion, national ori-
gin, or sex,’’ after ‘‘to all the people