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47 U.S.C. § 326 — Censorship
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Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.
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This chapter may be cited as the “Communications Act of 1934.”
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Whoever utters any obscene, indecent, or profane language by means of radio communication shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 85, acts Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 5, 44 Stat. 1164; Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 263, § 1, 45 Stat. 373; Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 701, § 1, 45 Stat. 1559; Dec. 18, 1929, ch. 7, § 1, 46 Stat. 50; May 19, 1932, ch. 192, 47 Stat. 160 related to powers and authority of Secretary of Commerce, appeals to Federal Radio Commission, grant of station license, and waiver affecting wave length. See sections 155, 303(l) to (p), 304, and 307 to 309 of this title.
Section 86, act Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 6, 44 Stat. 1165, related to government radio stations, regulations, control of all stations by government in national emergency and stations on vessels. See sections 305(a), (b) and 606(c) of this title.
Section 87, act Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 7, 44 Stat. 1165, related to compensation by government for use or control of stations during national emergency. See [section 606(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section606/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 88, act Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 8, 44 Stat. 1166, related to special call letters for stations and application of former [section 81 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section81&num=0&edition=prelim) to foreign ships. See sections 305(c) and 306 of this title.
Section 89, acts Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 9, 44 Stat. 1166; Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 263, §§ 3, 5, 45 Stat. 373; Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 701, § 3, 45 Stat. 1559, related to grant and renewal of station licenses and period thereof. See [section 307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section307&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 90, act Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 10, 44 Stat. 1166, related to application for station license and co
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 326
vision station elects under paragraph (3)(C) to exercise
its right to grant retransmission consent under this
subsection with respect to a satellite carrier, section
338 of this title shall not apply to the carriage of the
signal of such station by such satellite carrier.’’
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I,
§ 1009(a)(4)], substituted ‘‘338, 534, or 535 of this title’’ for
‘‘534 or 535 of this title’’.
Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I,
§ 1009(a)(5)], added par. (7).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title I,
§ 1009(b)], added subsec. (e).
1992—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 102–385 added subsec.
(b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c)
and (d), respectively.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title X, § 1003(d), Dec. 20, 2019,
133 Stat. 3200, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made
by this section [amending this section], and the regula-
tions promulgated by the Federal Communications
Commission under such amendments, shall not take ef-
fect before January 1 of the calendar year after the cal-
endar year in which this Act [probably means ‘‘this
title’’, which is title X of div. P of Pub. L. 116–94, ap-
proved Dec. 20, 2019] is enacted.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–175 effective Feb. 27, 2010,
see section 307(a) of Pub. L. 111–175, set out as a note
under section 111 of Title 17, Copyrights.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 102–385, § 28, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1503, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Except where otherwise expressly pro-
vided, the provisions of this Act [enacting sections 334,
335, 534 to 537, 544a, 548, and 555a of this title, amending
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