§ 34. — Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC34]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2--SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 34. Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting
United States with foreign country; necessity for
No person shall land or operate in the United States any submarine
cable directly or indirectly connecting the United States with any
foreign country, or connecting one portion of the United States with any
other portion thereof, unless a written license to land or operate such
cable has been issued by the President of the United States. The
conditions of sections 34 to 39 of this title shall not apply to cables,
all of which, including both terminals, lie wholly within the
continental United States.
(May 27, 1921, ch. 12, Sec. 1, 42 Stat. 8.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which
comprises this chapter.
Delegation of Functions
For delegation of functions, vested in President by sections 34 to
39 of this title, to Federal Communications Commission, see section 5(a)
of Ex. Ord. No. 10530, eff. May 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 2709, set out under
section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 36, 37, 38, 39 of this
title.
