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[USC02] 47 USC 311: Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service
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47 USC 311: Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service Text contains those laws in effect on September 19, 2019
When there is filed with the Commission any application to which section 309(b)(1) of this title applies, for an instrument of authorization for a station in the broadcasting service, the applicant-
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, §311, 48 Stat. 1086 ; July 16, 1952, ch. 879, §9, 66 Stat. 716 ; Pub. L. 86–752, §5(a), Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 892 ; Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, §1243, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 737 ; Pub. L. 97–259, title I, §116, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1095 .)
1982-Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 97–259, §116(a), inserted provision that the Commission may not approve the agreement if it determines that a party to the agreement filed its application for the purpose of reaching or carrying out the agreement, and struck out provision that if the agreement did not contemplate a merger, but contemplated the making of any direct or indirect payment to any party thereto in consideration of his withdrawal of his application, the Commission could determine the agreement to be consistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity only if the amount or value of such payment, as determined by the Commission, was not in excess of the aggregate amount determined by the Commission to have been legitimately and prudently expended and to be expended by such applicant in connection with preparing, filing, and advocating the granting of his application.
1981-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–35 added subsec. (d).
1960-Pub. L. 86–752 amended section generally, substituting provisions on requirements for certain applications for broadcasting service, for provisions directing the Commission to refuse a license or permit to any person whose license had been revoked by a court under section 313 of this title.
1952-Act July 16, 1952, omitted provisions relating to monopoly.