47 U.S.C. § 306 — Foreign ships; application of section 301

Page 143 TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS § 307 6–203. Executive Order No. 11725, as amended [former 50 U.S.C. App. 2271 note], is further amended by sub- stituting the number and date of this Order for the ref- erence to Executive Order No. 11556 of September 4, 1970 in Section 3(16). 6–204. Executive Orders No. 10705, as amended [47 U.S.C. 606 note], No. 11191, as amended [47 U.S.C. 721 note] and No. 11556, as amended, are revoked. 6–3. GENERAL 6–301. All Executive agencies to which functions are assigned pursuant to this Order shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry them out. 6–302. All Executive agencies are authorized and di- rected to cooperate with the departments and agencies to which functions are assigned pursuant to this Order and to furnish them such information, support and as- sistance, not inconsistent with law, as they may re- quire in the performance of those functions. 6–303. (a) Nothing in this Order reassigns any function assigned any agency under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [see chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of Title 41, Public Contracts], nor does anything in this Order im- pair the existing authority of the Administrator of General Services to provide and operate telecommuni- cations services and to prescribe policies and methods of procurement, or impair the policy and oversight roles of the Office of Management and Budget. (b) In carrying out the functions in this Order, the Secretary of Commerce shall coordinate activities as appropriate with the Federal Communications Commis- sion and make appropriate recommendations to it as the regulator of the private sector. Nothing in this Order reassigns any function vested by law in the Fed- eral Communications Commission. 6–304. This Order shall be effective March 26, 1978. § 306. Foreign ships; application of section 301 Section 301 of this title shall not apply to any person sending radio communications or signals on a foreign ship while the same is within the jurisdiction of the United States, but such com- munications or signals shall be transmitted only in accordance with such regulations designed to prevent interference as may be promulgated under the authority of this chapter. (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 306, 48 Stat. 1083.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables. § 307. Licenses (a) Grant The Commission, if public convenience, inter- est, or necessity will be served thereby, subject to the limitations of this chapter, shall grant to any applicant therefor a station license provided for by this chapter. (b) Allocation of facilities In considering applications for licenses, and modifications and renewals thereof, when and insofar as there is demand for the same, the Commission shall make such distribution of li- censes, frequencies, hours of operation, and of power among the several States and commu- nities as to provide a fair, efficient, and equi- table distribution of radio service to each of the same. (c) Terms of licenses (1) Initial and renewal licenses Each license granted for the operation of a broadcasting station shall be for a term of not to exceed 8 years. Upon application therefor, a renewal of such license may be granted from time to time for a term of not to exceed 8 years from the date of expiration of the pre- ceding license, if the Commission finds that public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served thereby. Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Commission may by rule prescribe the period or periods for which licenses shall be granted and renewed for particular classes of stations, but the Commission may not adopt or follow any rule which would preclude it, in any case involving a station of a particular class, from granting or renewing a license for a shorter period than that prescribed for stations of such class if, in its judgment, the public inter- est, convenience, or necessity would be served by such action. (2) Materials in application In order to expedite action on applications for renewal of broadcasting station licenses and in order to avoid needless expense to ap- plicants for such renewals, the Commission shall not require any such applicant to file any information which previously has been furnished to the Commission or which is not directly material to the considerations that affect the granting or denial of such applica- tion, but the Commission may require any new or additional facts it deems necessary to make its findings. (3) Continuation pending decision Pending any administrative or judicial hear- ing and final decision on such an application and the disposition of any petition for rehear- ing pursuant to section 405 or section 402 of this title, the Commission shall continue such license in effect. (d) Renewals No renewal of an existing station license in the broadcast or the common carrier services shall be granted more than thirty days prior to the expiration of the original license. (e) Operation of certain radio stations without individual licenses (1) Notwithstanding any license requirement established in this chapter, if the Commission determines that such authorization serves the public interest, convenience, and necessity, the Commission may by rule authorize the oper- ation of radio stations without individual li- censes in the following radio services: (A) the citizens band radio service; (B) the radio control service; (C) the aviation radio service for air- craft stations operated on domestic flights when such aircraft are not otherwise required to carry a radio station; and (D) the maritime radio serv-