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[CITE: 47USC384]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
  Part III--Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire
 
Sec. 384. Authority of Commission; operations, installations, 
        and additional equipment
        
    The Commission shall have authority with respect to any vessel 
subject to this part--
        (1) to specify operating and technical conditions and 
    characteristics including frequencies, emissions, power, 
    communication capability and range, of installations required by 
    reason of this part;
        (2) to approve the details as to the location and manner of 
    installation of the equipment required by this part; or of equipment 
    necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this 
    part;
        (3) to approve installations, apparatus and spare parts 
    necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part;
        (4) to prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined 
    to be necessary to supplement that specified herein for the proper 
    functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with 
    this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time 
    of emergency or distress.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 384, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 
973, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 1048; amended Pub. L. 103-414, title III, 
Sec. 303(a)(20)(D), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-414 inserted section catchline.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 1, 1957, see section 4 of act Aug. 6, 1956, 
set out as a note under section 381 of this title.
