§ 731. — Creation of corporation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC731]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 6--COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM
SUBCHAPTER III--COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION
Sec. 731. Creation of corporation
There is authorized to be created a communications satellite
corporation for profit which will not be an agency or establishment of
the United States Government.
(Pub. L. 87-624, title III, Sec. 301, as added Pub. L. 103-414, title
III, Sec. 304(b)(2), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4297.)
Termination of Section
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.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 731, Pub. L. 87-624, title III, Sec. 301, Aug. 31,
1962, 76 Stat. 423, authorized creation of a for-profit communications
satellite corporation not to be a Government agency, subject to this
chapter and the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act, prior to
repeal by Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 304(b)(2).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 765d of this title.
