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[CITE: 47USC301]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 301. License for radio communication or transmission of 
        energy
        
    It is the purpose of this chapter, among other things, to maintain 
the control of the United States over all the channels of radio 
transmission; and to provide for the use of such channels, but not the 
ownership thereof, by persons for limited periods of time, under 
licenses granted by Federal authority, and no such license shall be 
construed to create any right, beyond the terms, conditions, and periods 
of the license. No person shall use or operate any apparatus for the 
transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio (a) from 
one place in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States or 
in the District of Columbia to another place in the same State, 
Territory, possession, or District; or (b) from any State, Territory, or 
possession of the United States, or from the District of Columbia to any 
other State, Territory, or possession of the United States; or (c) from 
any place in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, 
or in the District of Columbia, to any place in any foreign country or 
to any vessel; or (d) within any State when the effects of such use 
extend beyond the borders of said State, or when interference is caused 
by such use or operation with the transmission of such energy, 
communications, or signals from within said State to any place beyond 
its borders, or from any place beyond its borders to any place within 
said State, or with the transmission or reception of such energy, 
communications, or signals from and/or to places beyond the borders of 
said State; or (e) upon any vessel or aircraft of the United States 
(except as provided in section 303(t) of this title); or (f) upon any 
other mobile stations within the jurisdiction of the United States, 
except under and in accordance with this chapter and with a license in 
that behalf granted under the provisions of this chapter.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 301, 48 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 97-
259, title I, Secs. 107, 111(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1091, 1093.)

                       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, as amended, 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

    1982--Pub. L. 97-259 struck out ``interstate and foreign'' after 
``channels of'' in first sentence, substituted ``State, Territory,'' for 
``Territory'' after ``from one place in any'' and inserted ``State,'' 
after ``to another place in the same'' in cl. (a), and inserted 
``(except as provided in section 303(t) of this title)'' in cl. (e).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 152, 221, 303, 305, 306, 
309, 510 of this title.
