§ 15. — Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act; power to fix rates and purchase lines.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC15]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 1--TELEGRAPHS
Sec. 15. Reservation of power to alter, amend, or repeal act;
power to fix rates and purchase lines
Nothing in sections 9 to 15 of this title shall be construed to
affect or impair the right of Congress, at any time hereafter, to alter,
amend, or repeal sections 1 to 6 and 8 \1\ of this title; and sections 9
to 15 of this title shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal
as, in the opinion of Congress, justice or the public welfare may
require; and nothing herein contained shall be held to deny, exclude, or
impair any right or remedy in the premises now or hereafter existing in
the United States, or the authority of the Federal Communications
Commission under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.], to prescribe charges, classifications,
regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to
Government communications.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Aug. 7, 1888, ch. 772, Sec. 7, 25 Stat. 385; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263,
Sec. 49, 68 Stat. 1244.)
References in Text
Sections 1 to 6 and 8 of this title, referred to in text, were
repealed by act July 16, 1947, ch. 256, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 327.
The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, referred to in text, is
act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, which is
classified principally to chapter 5 (Sec. 151 et seq.) of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of
this title and Tables.
Amendments
1954--Act Sept. 3, 1954, corrected references and struck out
obsolete material.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 12, 601 of this title.
