§ 741. — Common carrier status of corporation; laws applicable to corporation; common carrier activity; conflict of laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC741]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 6--COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM
SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 741. Common carrier status of corporation; laws applicable
to corporation; common carrier activity; conflict of laws
The corporation shall be deemed to be a common carrier within the
meaning of section 3(h) \1\ of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and as such shall be fully subject to the provisions of title
II [47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.] and title III [47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] of that
Act. The provision of satellite terminal station facilities by one
communication common carrier to one or more other communications common
carriers shall be deemed to be a common carrier activity fully subject
to the Communications Act [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.]. Whenever the
application of the provisions of this chapter shall be inconsistent with
the application of the provisions of the Communications Act, the
provisions of this chapter shall govern.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 87-624, title IV, Sec. 401, Aug. 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 426.)
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.
References in Text
Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 153],
referred to in text, was subsequently amended, and, as so amended, no
longer contains a subsec. (h) defining ``common carrier''. However, such
term is defined elsewhere in that section.
The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in text, is act June 19,
1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1964, as amended, which is classified
principally to chapter 5 (Sec. 151 et seq.) of this title. Titles II and
III of the Communications Act of 1934 are classified generally to
subchapters II (Sec. 201 et seq.) and III (Sec. 301 et seq.),
respectively, of chapter 5 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 765d of this title.
