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Hearing and debate records provide evidence from several viewpoints of the
scope of public consensus with the authorizing Congress. Opinion may vary as to
the existence of a problem, and hence of the need for policy, or as to
interpretation ...
Hearing and debate records provide evidence from several viewpoints of the
scope of public consensus with the authorizing Congress. Opinion may vary as to
the existence of a problem, and hence of the need for policy, or as to
interpretation ...
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The Commission may issue notice of pending action on an application ,
commence a hearing procedure , and issue a formal ruling on the matter . The
same requirement is applied before a carrier may discontinue , reduce , or impair
service .
The Commission may issue notice of pending action on an application ,
commence a hearing procedure , and issue a formal ruling on the matter . The
same requirement is applied before a carrier may discontinue , reduce , or impair
service .
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... in part or in whole , occupied by another common carrier , the right of extension
will not be granted without due notice to the carrier already occupying said
territory and after due hearing by the Commission , and no common carrier
subject to ...
... in part or in whole , occupied by another common carrier , the right of extension
will not be granted without due notice to the carrier already occupying said
territory and after due hearing by the Commission , and no common carrier
subject to ...
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... first formal hearing since the end of the war in which any carrier applied to
operate competitive radiotelegraph circuits . ... the issue became “ Three Circuits
” ; when the Surinam application was denied in formal hearing , it became the “
Two ...
... first formal hearing since the end of the war in which any carrier applied to
operate competitive radiotelegraph circuits . ... the issue became “ Three Circuits
” ; when the Surinam application was denied in formal hearing , it became the “
Two ...
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As the only issue of industry structure that has ever received hearing before the
Supreme Court , this became the watershed case opposing competition per se
among telecommunications carriers . Finally , on remand , and after more than 8
...
As the only issue of industry structure that has ever received hearing before the
Supreme Court , this became the watershed case opposing competition per se
among telecommunications carriers . Finally , on remand , and after more than 8
...
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Page 57 - Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation, or construction and operation, of such additional or extended line...
Page 57 - ... attach to the issuance of the certificate such terms and conditions as in its judgment the public convenience and necessity may require.
Page 54 - The authority of the Commission conferred by paragraphs (18) to (21), both inclusive, shall not extend to the construction or abandonment of spur, industrial, team, switching or side tracks, located or to be located wholly within one State, or of street, suburban, or interurban electric railways, which are not operated as a part or parts of a general steam railroad system of transportation.
Page 54 - That no such authorization or order shall be made unless the Commission finds, as to such extension, that it is reasonably required in the interest of public convenience and necessity, or as to such extension or facilities that the expense involved therein will not impair the ability of the carrier to perform its duty to the public.
Page 56 - All laws of the United States relating to unlawful restraints and monopolies and to combinations, contracts, or agreements in restraint of trade are hereby declared to be applicable to the manufacture and sale of and to trade in radio apparatus and devices entering into or affecting interstate or foreign commerce and to interstate or foreign radio communications.
Page 58 - Any construction, operation, or abandonment contrary to the provisions of this paragraph or of paragraph (18) or (19) of this section may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the United States, the Commission, any commission or regulating body of the State or States affected, or any party in interest...
Page 54 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 56 - ... governmental agency is by law authorized to act, any licensee shall be found guilty of the violation of the provisions of such laws or any of them, the court, in addition to the penalties imposed by said laws, may adjudge, order, and/or decree that the license of such licensee shall, as of the date the decree or judgment becomes finally effective or as of such other date as the said decree shall fix, be revoked and that all rights under such license shall thereupon cease: Provided, however, That...
Page 15 - State commission or by local governmental authority. (c) For the purpose of administering this Act as to carriers engaged in wire telephone communication, the Commission may classify the property of any such carrier used for wire telephone communication, and determine what property of said carrier shall be considered as used in interstate or foreign telephone toll service.
Page 55 - After issuance of such certificate and not before, the carrier may, without securing approval other than such certificate, comply with the terms and conditions contained...
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| Title | Communications Act of 1934, Section 214, Legislative Background |
| Authors | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Length | 90 pages |
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