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[PUBLIC-No. 421-72D CONGRESS]

[S. 2374]

AN ACT

To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy to convey by gift to the city of Savannah, Georgia, the naval radio station, the buildings and apparatus, located upon land owned by said city.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if and when the naval radio station at Savannah, Georgia, is no longer required for naval purposes, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to convey by gift, to the city of Savannah, State of Georgia, the said naval radio station, which radio station is located on land belonging to the city of Savannah, together with all the buildings and apparatus thereof; but no expense shall be caused the United States hereunder.

Approved, March 3, 1933.

(45)

[PUBLIC-No. 231-73D CONGRESS]

[S. 2249]

AN ACT

Applying the powers of the Federal Government, under the commerce clause of the Constitution, to extortion by means of telephone, telegraph, radio, or message, or otherwise.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation any money or other thing of value, shall transmit in interstate commerce, by any means whatsoever, any threat (1) to injure the person, property, or reputation of any person, or the reputation of a deceased person, or (2) to kidnap any person, or (3) to accuse any person of a crime, or (4) containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnaped person, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both: Provided, That the term "interstate commerce" shall include communication from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That nothing herein shall amend or repeal section 338a, title 18, United States Code (47 Stat. 649).

Approved, May 18, 1934.

(46)

[PUBLIC-No. 255-73D CONGRESS]

[H. R. 9394]

AN ACT

To authorize the Federal Radio Commission to purchase and enclose additional land at the radio station near Grand Island, Nebraska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Radio Commission is authorized to purchase an additional tract of land containing approximately ten acres adjacent to that now owned by the United States at Grand Island, Nebraska, and to enclose the same for use in connection with the constant-frequency monitoring station located at said place. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,200 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, May 25, 1934.

(47)

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(EXTRACT FROM)

[PUBLIC-No. 308-73D CONGRESS]

SEC. 14. The Federal Radio Commission shall give equal facilities in the allocation of radio frequencies in the aeronautical band to those airplanes carrying mail and/or passengers during the time the contract is in effect.

Approved, June 12, 1934.

(48)

[PUBLIC-No. 416-73D CONGRESS]

[S. 3285]

AN ACT

To provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

PURPOSES OF ACT; CREATION OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SECTION 1. 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 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, 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 hereby 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 Act.

APPLICATION OF ACT

SEC. 2. (a) The provisions of this Act shall apply to all interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio and all interstate and foreign transmission of energy by radio, which originates and/or is received within the United States, and to all persons engaged within the United States in such communication or such transmission of energy by radio, and to the licensing and regulating of all radio stations as hereinafter provided; but it shall not apply to persons engaged in wire or radio communication or transmission in the Philippine Islands or the Canal Zone, or to wire or radio communication or transmission wholly within the Philippine Islands or the Canal Zone.

(b) Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply or to give the Commission jurisdiction with respect to (1) charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with intrastate communication service of any carrier, or (2) any carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication solely through physical connection with the facilities of another carrier not directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such carrier; except that sections 201 to 205 of this Act, both inclusive, shall, except as otherwise provided therein, apply to carriers described in clause (2).