47 U.S.C. § 151

Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created

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For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications, and for the purpose of securing a more effective execution of this policy by centralizing authority heretofore granted by law to several agencies and by granting additional authority with respect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire and radio communication, there is created a commission to be known as the “Federal Communications Commission”, which shall be constituted as hereinafter provided, and which shall execute and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1,177 cases (76 in the last 5 years), 1934–2026 · leading case: Bostock v. Clayton County

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Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) scotus · cites it 2× “§1863 (Outer Continental Shelf Re- source Management; Unlawful Employment Practices; Regulations)  47 U. S. C. §151 (Federal Communications Commission)  47 U.”

Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2009) scotus · cites it 3× “1064 , 47 U. S. C. §151 et seq. (2000 ed. and Supp.”

Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (2002) cadc · cites it 7× “56 (“the Telecommunications Act”), added new provisions covering video programming accessibility to the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (“the Act”). The new provisions, codified in § 713 of the Communications Act, 47 U.”

Farina v. Nokia, Inc. (2010) ca3 · cites it 4× “” 47 U.S.C. § 151 . To that end, the FCA established the FCC, which was endowed with broad authority to license and regulate radio communications.”

National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services (2005) scotus · cites it 2× “1064 , as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., subjects all providers of "telecommunications servic[e]" to mandatory common-carrier regulation, § 153(44).”

Chambers v. Old Stone Hill Road Associates (2004) ny · cites it 6× “The lease to SMSA touched off a series of events leading to the present litigation, which essentially pits private contractual rights against what defendants claim is the public policy of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) ( 47 USC § 151 et seq., as added by Pub L 104-104,…”

Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC (1986) scotus · cites it 3× “1064 , as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., expressly denied the FCC authority to establish depreciation practices and charges insofar as they relate to the setting of rates for intrastate telephone service.”

Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners Guild (1981) scotus · cites it 4× “1064 , as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq. (Act), empower the Federal Communications Commission to grant an application for license transfer [1] or renewal only if it determines that "the public interest, convenience, and necessity" will be served thereby.”

Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. (1993) scotus · cites it 2× “2779 , amended the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., to establish a national framework for regulating cable television.”

Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP (2004) scotus · cites it 2× “1064 , as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., and state law.”

Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Professional Baseball, Interven (1977) cadc · cites it 3× “Finally, other petitioners take the position that the threat of siphoning is very real and that the Commission’s rules do not adequately cope with this threat to conventional television service. II. PAY CABLE RULES A.”

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee (1973) scotus · cites it 4× “1064 , as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., or the First Amendment.”

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