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[CITE: 47USC312a]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 312a. Revocation of operator's license used in unlawful 
        distribution of controlled substances
        
    The Federal Communications Commission may revoke any private 
operator's license issued to any person under the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) who is found to have willfully used said 
license for the purpose of distributing, or assisting in the 
distribution of, any controlled substance in violation of any provision 
of Federal law. In addition, the Federal Communications Commission may, 
upon the request of an appropriate Federal law enforcement agency, 
assist in the enforcement of Federal law prohibiting the use or 
distribution of any controlled substance where communications equipment 
within the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission under 
the Communications Act of 1934 is willfully being used for purposes of 
distributing, or assisting in the distribution of, any such substance.

(Pub. L. 99-570, title III, Sec. 3451, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-
103.)

                       References in Text

    The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in text, is act June 19, 
1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, which is classified 
principally to this chapter (Sec. 151 et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title 
and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, and 
also as part of the National Drug Interdiction Improvement Act of 1986, 
and not as part of the Communications Act of 1934 which comprises this 
chapter.
