An Act to amend section 203 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, with respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity
PL 87-862 (H.R.10708), enacted 10/23/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-862-OCT. 23, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Publication in 
F. R. 
Motion pictures, 
transfer. 
42 Stat. 1511. 
50 u s e app. 9. 
60 Stat. 50. 
50 use app. 32. 
Disposal. 
jiow ill the Soviet Zone of Occupation or in the Soviet sector of Berlin 
or in German territory under provisional Soviet or Polish admin-
istration. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this 
section, the effective date of divestment of the trademarks so listed 
and published in the Federal Register shall be the date of publication 
in the Federal Register by the Secretai^ of State of a certification 
identifying the cases in which an equivalent trademark has been 
registered m the Federal Republic of Grermany for a person residing 
or having its sole or primary seat in the Federal Republic of Germany 
or in the western sectors of Berlin. 
In those cases of an equivalent 
trademark certified by the Secretary of State, the person registered by 
the Federal Republic of Germany as owner of such equivalent trade-
mark shall succeed to the ownership of the divested trademark in the 
United States. 
"SEC. 43. (a) The Attorney General is hereby authorized and 
directed to transfer to the Library of Congress the title to all prints 
of motion pictures now in the custody of the Library, which prints 
Avere vested in or transferred to the Alien Property Custodian or the 
Attorney General pursuant to this Act after December 17,1941, except 
prints of motion pictures which are the subject of suits or claims under 
section 9(a) or section 32 of this Act. 
"(b) Subject to the right of selection by the Library of Congress, 
(he authorization, direction, and exception contained in subsection 
(a) hereof shall apply with respect to such prints now in the custody 
of the Attorney General. 
Prints not selected by the Library of Con-
gress may be disposed of by the Attorney General in any manner he 
deems appropriate. 
"(c) With respect to all prints concerning which title is transferred 
to the Library of Congress pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof, 
the Library shall have complete discretion to retain such prints and 
to reproduce copies thereof, or to dispose of them in any manner it 
deems appropriate." 
Approved October 23, 1962. 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 10708] 
Rural Electri-
fication Act of 
1936, amendment. 
63 Stat. 949. 
"Telephone 
service." 
48 Stat. 1066. 
47 u s e 153. 
Public Law 87-862 
AN ACT 
To amend seotion 203 of the Rural Klectriticatiou Act of 1936, as amended, with 
respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, 
pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 203 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 924), is 
amended by striking out subsection (a)' thereof, and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(a) As used in this title, the term 'telephone service' shall be 
deemed to mean any communication service for the transmission of 
voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through 
the use of electricity between the transmitting and receiving appara-
tus, and shall include all telephone lines, facilities, or systems used in 
the rendition of such service; but shall not be deemed to mean message 
telegram service or community antenna television system services or 
facilities other than those intended exclusively for educational pur-
poses, or radio broadcasting services or facilities within the meaning 
of section 3(o) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended." 
Approved October 23, 1962.