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47 U.S.C. § 221 — Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
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**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 104–104, title VI, § 601(b)(2), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 143**
**(b) State jurisdiction over services** Subject to the provisions of sections 225 and 301 of this title, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority.
**(c) Determination of property used in interstate toll service** For the purpose of administering this chapter 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. Such classification shall be made after hearing, upon notice to the carrier, the State commission (or the Governor, if the State has no State commission) of any State in which the property of said carrier is located, and such other persons as the Commission may prescribe.
**(d) Valuation of property** In making a valuation of the property of any wire telephone carrier the Commission, after making the classification authorized in this section, may in its discretion value only that part of the property of such carrier determined to be used in interstate or foreign telephone toll service.
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**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 104–104, title VI, § 601(b)(2), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 143**
**(b) State jurisdiction over services** Subject to the provisions of sections 225 and 301 of this title, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority.
**(c) Determination of property used in interstate toll service** For the purpose of administering this chapter 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. Such classification shall be made after hearing, upon notice to the carrier, the State commission (or the Governor, if the State has no State commission) of any State in which the property of said carrier is located, and such other persons as the Commission may prescribe.
**(d) Valuation of property** In making a valuation of the property of any wire telephone carrier the Commission, after making the classification authorized in this section, may in its discretion value only that part of the property of such carrier determined to be used in interstate or foreign telephone toll service.
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This chapter may be cited as the “Communications Act of 1934.”
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**(a)** The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio and all interstate and foreign transmission of energy by radio, which originates and/or is received within the United States, and to all persons engaged within the United States in such communication or such transmission of energy by radio, and to the licensing and regulating of all radio stations as hereinafter provided; but it shall not apply to persons engaged in wire or radio communication or transmission in the Canal Zone, or to wire or radio communication or transmission wholly within the Canal Zone. The provisions of this chapter shall apply with respect to cable service, to all persons engaged within the United States in providing such service, and to the facilities of cable operators which relate to such service, as provided in subchapter V–A.
**(b)** Except as provided in sections 223 through 227 of this title, inclusive, [section 276 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section276&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 332 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section332&num=0&edition=prelim), and subject to the provisions of [section 301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) and subchapter V–A, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply or to give the Commission jurisdiction with respect to (1) charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with intrastate communication service by wire or radio of any carrier, or (2) any carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication solely through physical connection with the facilit
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**(a) Exceptions; temporary or emergency service or discontinuance of service; changes in plant, operation or equipment** No carrier shall undertake the construction of a new line or of an extension of any line, or shall acquire or operate any line, or extension thereof, or shall engage in transmission over or by means of such additional or extended line, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the 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: Provided, That no such certificate shall be required under this section for the construction, acquisition, or operation of (1) a line within a single State unless such line constitutes part of an interstate line, (2) local, branch, or terminal lines not exceeding ten miles in length, or (3) any line acquired under [section 221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section221&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided further, That the Commission may, upon appropriate request being made, authorize temporary or emergency service, or the supplementing of existing facilities, without regard to the provisions of this section. No carrier shall discontinue, reduce, or impair service to a community, or part of a community, unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that neither the present nor future public convenience and necessity will be adversely affected thereby; except that the Commission may, upon appropriate request being made, authorize temporary or emergency discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service, or partial discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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course of examination of books or other ac-
counts, as hereinbefore provided, except insofar
as he may be directed by the Commission or by
a court.
(g) Use of other forms; alterations in prescribed
forms
After the Commission has prescribed the
forms and manner of keeping of accounts,
records, and memoranda to be kept by any per-
son as herein provided, it shall be unlawful for
such person to keep any other accounts, records,
or memoranda than those so prescribed or such
as may be approved by the Commission or to
keep the accounts in any other manner than
that prescribed or approved by the Commission.
Notice of alterations by the Commission in the
required manner or form of keeping accounts
shall be given to such persons by the Commis-
sion at least six months before the same are to
take effect.
(h) Exemption; regulation by State commission
The Commission may classify carriers subject
to this chapter and prescribe different require-
ments under this section for different classes of
carriers, and may, if it deems such action con-
sistent with the public interest, except the car-
riers of any particular class or classes in any
State from any of the requirements under this
section in cases where such carriers are subject
to State commission regulation with respect to
matters to which this section relates.
(i) Consultation with State commissions
The Commission, before prescribing any re-
quirements as to accounts, records, or memo-
randa, shall notify each State commission hav-
ing jurisdiction with respect to any carrier in-
volved, and shall give reasonable opportunity to
each such commission to present its views, and
shall receive and consider such views and rec-
ommendations.
(j) Report to Congress on
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