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18 U.S.C. § 1464 — Broadcasting obscene language

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18 U.S.C. § 1464 — Broadcasting obscene language

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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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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47 U.S.C. § 501 — General penalty

Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing, in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for such offense, for which no penalty (other than a forfeiture) is provided in this chapter, by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both; except that any person, having been once convicted of an offense punishable under this section, who is subsequently convicted of violating any provision of this chapter punishable under this section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

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47 U.S.C. § 303 — Powers and duties of Commission

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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18 U.S.C. § 2257A — Record keeping requirements for simulated sexual conduct

**(a)** Whoever produces any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, digital image, digitally- or computer-manipulated image of an actual human being, picture, or other matter that— (1) contains 1 or more visual depictions of simulated sexually explicit conduct; and (2) is produced in whole or in part with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, or is shipped or transported or is intended for shipment or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce; shall create and maintain individually identifiable records pertaining to every performer portrayed in such a visual depiction. **(b)** Any person to whom subsection (a) applies shall, with respect to every performer portrayed in a visual depiction of simulated sexually explicit conduct— (1) ascertain, by examination of an identification document containing such information, the performer’s name and date of birth, and require the performer to provide such other indicia of his or her identity as may be prescribed by regulations; (2) ascertain any name, other than the performer’s present and correct name, ever used by the performer including maiden name, alias, nickname, stage, or professional name; and (3) record in the records required by subsection (a) the information required by paragraphs (1) and (2) and such other identifying information as may be prescribed by regulation. **(c)** Any person to whom subsection (a) applies shall maintain the records required by this section at their business premises, or at such other place as the Attorney General may by regulation prescribe and shall make such records available to the Attorney General for inspection at all reasonable times. **(d)** (1) No information or evidence obtained from records required to be created or maint

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47 U.S.C. § 326 — Censorship

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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18 U.S.C. § 1464 — Broadcasting obscene language

Page 383 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1464 (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 768; May 27, 1950, ch. 214, § 1, 64 Stat. 194; Pub. L. 85–796, § 2, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 962; Pub. L. 91–662, § 4, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1973; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–104, title V, § 507(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 137.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 396 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 245, 35 Stat. 1138; June 5, 1920, ch. 268, 41 Stat. 1060). Reference to persons causing or procuring was omit- ted as unnecessary in view of definition of ‘‘principal’’ in section 2 of this title. Words ‘‘in interstate or foreign commerce’’ were sub- stituted for ten lines of text without loss of meaning. (See definitive section 10 of this title.) (See reviser’s note under section 1461 of this title.) Minor changes in phraseology were made. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, referred to in text, was redesignated section 230(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 by Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title XIV, § 1404(a)(2), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–739, and is classified to section 230(f)(2) of Title 47, Tele- communications. AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(1), inserted ‘‘or inter- active computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934)’’ after ‘‘carrier’’ in first par. Pub. L. 104–104, § 507(a)(2), in second par., inserted ‘‘or receives,’’ after ‘‘takes’’, ‘‘or interactive computer service (as defined in section 230(e)(2) of the Commu- nications Act of 1934)’’ after ‘‘common carrier’’, and ‘‘or importation’’ after ‘‘carriage’’. 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, in last par., substi

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