§ 721. — Implementation of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 47USC721]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 6--COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM
SUBCHAPTER II--FEDERAL COORDINATION, PLANNING, AND REGULATION
Sec. 721. Implementation of policy
In order to achieve the objectives and to carry out the purposes of
this chapter--
(a) Executive functions; review; agency coordination; supervision of
foreign relationships; compatibility with domestic and foreign
facilities
the President shall--
(1) omitted;
(2) provide for continuous review of all phases of the
development and operation of such a system, including the activities
of a communications satellite corporation authorized under
subchapter III of this chapter;
(3) coordinate the activities of governmental agencies with
responsibilities in the field of telecommunication, so as to insure
that there is full and effective compliance at all times with the
policies set forth in this chapter;
(4) exercise such supervision over relationships of the
corporation with foreign governments or entities or with
international bodies as may be appropriate to assure that such
relationships shall be consistent with the national interest and
foreign policy of the United States;
(5), (6) omitted;
(7) so exercise his authority as to help attain coordinated and
efficient use of the electromagnetic spectrum and the technical
compatibility of the system with existing communications facilities
both in the United States and abroad.
(b) Omitted
(c) Commission functions; discrimination; just and reasonable charges,
classifications, practices, regulations and other terms and
conditions; allocation of facilities; technical approval;
construction and operation authorizations; rules and regulations
the Federal Communications Commission, in its administration of the
provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [47 U.S.C. 151
et seq.], and as supplemented by this chapter, shall--
(1) omitted;
(2) insure that all present and future authorized carriers shall
have nondiscriminatory use of, and equitable access to, the
communications satellite system and satellite terminal stations
under just and reasonable charges, classifications, practices,
regulations, and other terms and conditions and regulate the manner
in which available facilities of the system and stations are
allocated among such users thereof;
(3) to (5) omitted;
(6) approve technical characteristics of the operational
communications satellite system to be employed by the corporation
and of the satellite terminal stations; and
(7) grant appropriate authorizations for the construction and
operation of each satellite terminal station, either to the
corporation or to one or more authorized carriers or to the
corporation and one or more such carriers jointly, as will best
serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity. In
determining the public interest, convenience, and necessity the
Commission shall authorize the construction and operation of such
stations by communications common carriers or the corporation,
without preference to either;
(8) to (10) omitted;
(11) make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of
this chapter.
(Pub. L. 87-624, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 421; Pub.
L. 103-414, title III, Sec. 304(b)(1), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4297.)
Termination of Subsections (a)(2) to (4), (7) and (c)(2), (6), (7)
Subsections (a)(2) to (4), (7) and (c)(2), (6), (7) of this
section to cease to be effective on the effective date of a
Commission order determining under section 761(b)(2) of this title
that INTELSAT privatization is consistent with criteria in sections
763 and 763a of this title, see section 765d(4) of this title.
References in Text
The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, referred to in subsec.
(c), 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.
Codification
Subsecs. (a)(1), (5), (6), (b), and (c)(1), (3) to (5), (8) to (10)
of this section ceased to be effective Mar. 17, 2000, pursuant to
section 765d(1) of this title. Prior to being omitted, subsec. (a)(1),
(5) and (6) directed the President to aid in a national program to
establish and operate a commercial communications satellite system, to
insure arrangements were made for foreign participation in the
establishment and use of the system, and to insure availability and
utilization of the system for general governmental purposes, subsec. (b)
directed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to give
technical advice to the Commission and to cooperate with, assist, and
provide services to the corporation, and subsec. (c)(1), (3) to (5), (8)
to (10) directed the Federal Communications Commission to insure
effective competition in procurement of services, to require
establishment of communication to a particular foreign point when
advised by the Secretary of State, to insure technical compatibility of
the system with satellite terminal stations, to insure system economies
are reflected in rates, to authorize the corporation to issue stock,
borrow moneys, and assume securities obligations, to insure that
substantial additions to the system or stations are made only when
necessary, and to require necessary additions to be made with respect to
the system or stations.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-414 struck out ``as expeditiously
as possible,'' after ``establishment and operation,''.
Executive Order No. 11191
Ex. Ord. No. 11191, Jan. 4, 1965, 30 F.R. 29, as amended by Ex. Ord.
No. 11556, Sept. 4, 1970, 35 F.R. 14193, which related to the
administration of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 [this
chapter], was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12046, Mar. 27, 1978, 43 F.R.
13349, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 765d, 902 of this title.
