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47 U.S.C. § 330 — Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers
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**(a)** No person shall ship in interstate commerce, or import from any foreign country into the United States, for sale or resale to the public, apparatus described in subsection (s) of [section 303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303&num=0&edition=prelim) unless it complies with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that subsection: Provided, That this section shall not apply to carriers transporting such apparatus without trading in it.
**(b)** No person shall ship in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any foreign country into the United States, any apparatus described in section 303(u) and (z) of this title except in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section. Such rules shall provide performance and display standards for such built-in decoder circuitry or capability designed to display closed captioned video programming, the transmission and delivery of video description services, and the conveyance of emergency information as required by [section 303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303&num=0&edition=prelim). Such rules shall further require that all such apparatus be able to receive and display closed captioning which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical blanking interval and which conform to the signal and display specifications set forth in the Public Broadcasting System engineering report numbered E–7709–C dated May 1980, as amended by the Telecaption II Decoder Module Performance Specification published by the National Captioning Institute, November 1985. As new video technology is developed, the Commission sha
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**(a)** No person shall ship in interstate commerce, or import from any foreign country into the United States, for sale or resale to the public, apparatus described in subsection (s) of [section 303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303&num=0&edition=prelim) unless it complies with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that subsection: Provided, That this section shall not apply to carriers transporting such apparatus without trading in it.
**(b)** No person shall ship in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any foreign country into the United States, any apparatus described in section 303(u) and (z) of this title except in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section. Such rules shall provide performance and display standards for such built-in decoder circuitry or capability designed to display closed captioned video programming, the transmission and delivery of video description services, and the conveyance of emergency information as required by [section 303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303&num=0&edition=prelim). Such rules shall further require that all such apparatus be able to receive and display closed captioning which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical blanking interval and which conform to the signal and display specifications set forth in the Public Broadcasting System engineering report numbered E–7709–C dated May 1980, as amended by the Telecaption II Decoder Module Performance Specification published by the National Captioning Institute, November 1985. As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure that closed-captioning service and video description service continue to be available to consumers. This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting such apparatus without trading it.
**(c)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall ship in interstate commerce or manufacture in the United States any apparatus described in [section 303(x) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303/x&num=0&edition=prelim) except in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) without trading in it.
(3) The rules prescribed by the Commission under this subsection shall provide for the oversight by the Commission of the adoption of standards by industry for blocking technology. Such rules shall require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating signals which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical blanking interval and which conform to the signal and blocking specifications established by industry under the supervision of the Commission.
(4) As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure that blocking service continues to be available to consumers. If the Commission determines that an alternative blocking technology exists that—
(A) enables parents to block programming based on identifying programs without ratings,
(B) is available to consumers at a cost which is comparable to the cost of technology that allows parents to block programming based on common ratings, and
(C) will allow parents to block a broad range of programs on a multichannel system as effectively and as easily as technology that allows parents to block programming based on common ratings,
the Commission shall amend the rules prescribed pursuant to [section 303(x) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section303/x&num=0&edition=prelim) to require that the apparatus described in such section be equipped with either the blocking technology described in such section or the alternative blocking technology described in this paragraph.
**(d)** For the purposes of this section, and sections 303(s), 303(u), and 303(x) of this title—
(1) The term “interstate commerce” means (A) commerce between any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States and any place outside thereof which is within the United States, (B) commerce between points in the same State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or possession of the United States but through any place outside thereof, or (C) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia or any possession of the United States.
(2) The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States, but does not include the Canal Zone.
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commission from time to time, as public convenience, interest, or necessity requires, shall—
**(a)** Classify radio stations;
**(b)** Prescribe the nature of the service to be rendered by each class of licensed stations and each station within any class;
**(c)** Assign bands of frequencies to the various classes of stations, and assign frequencies for each individual station and determine the power which each station shall use and the time during which it may operate;
**(d)** Determine the location of classes of stations or individual stations;
**(e)** Regulate the kind of apparatus to be used with respect to its external effects and the purity and sharpness of the emissions from each station and from the apparatus therein;
**(f)** Make such regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary to prevent interference between stations and to carry out the provisions of this chapter: Provided, however, That changes in the frequencies, authorized power, or in the times of operation of any station, shall not be made without the consent of the station licensee unless the Commission shall determine that such changes will promote public convenience or interest or will serve public necessity, or the provisions of this chapter will be more fully complied with;
**(g)** Study new uses for radio, provide for experimental uses of frequencies, and generally encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest;
**(h)** Have authority to establish areas or zones to be served by any station;
**(i)** Have authority to make special regulations applicable to radio stations engaged in chain broadcasting;
**(j)** Have authority to make general rules and regulations requiring stations to keep such rec
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**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title IV, § 402(i)(11), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1090**
**(b) Accountability criteria** Within 18 months after February 8, 1996, the Commission shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to implement this section. Such regulations shall ensure that—
(1) video programming first published or exhibited after the effective date of such regulations is fully accessible through the provision of closed captions, except as provided in subsection (d); and
(2) video programming providers or owners maximize the accessibility of video programming first published or exhibited prior to the effective date of such regulations through the provision of closed captions, except as provided in subsection (d).
**(c) Deadlines for captioning**
(1) **In general** — The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b) shall include an appropriate schedule of deadlines for the provision of closed captioning of video programming once published or exhibited on television.
(2) **Deadlines for programming delivered using Internet protocol**
(A) *Regulations on closed captioning on video programming delivered using Internet protocol* — Not later than 6 months after the submission of the report to the Commission required by subsection (e)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, the Commission shall revise its regulations to require the provision of closed captioning on video programming delivered using Internet protocol that was published or exhibited on television with captions after the effective date of such regulations.
(B) *Schedule* — The regulations prescribed under this paragraph shall include an appropriate schedule of deadlines for the provision of clos
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 330
subject to review and revision by the Commis-
sion, to use all radio stations and apparatus,
wherever located, owned by the United States
and under the control of the Navy Department,
(a) for the reception and transmission of press
messages offered by any newspaper published in
the United States, its Territories or possessions,
or published by citizens of the United States in
foreign countries, or by any press association of
the United States, and (b) for the reception and
transmission of private commercial messages
between ships, between ship and shore, between
localities in Alaska and between Alaska and the
continental United States: Provided, That the
rates fixed for the reception and transmission of
all such messages, other than press messages be-
tween the Pacific coast of the United States,
Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, American Samoa, the
Philippine Islands, and the Orient, and between
the United States and the Virgin Islands, shall
not be less than the rates charged by privately
owned and operated stations for like messages
and service: Provided further, That the right to
use such stations for any of the purposes named
in this section shall terminate and cease as be-
tween any countries or localities or between any
locality and privately operated ships whenever
privately owned and operated stations are capa-
ble of meeting the normal communication re-
quirements between such countries or localities
or between any locality and privately operated
ships, and the Commission shall have notified
the Secretary of the Navy thereof.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 327, 48 Stat.
1091.)
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