Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum
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/us/usc/t47/s304
Title
47 — Telecommunications
Chapter
CH5
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No station license shall be granted by the Commission until the applicant therefor shall have waived any claim to the use of any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the previous use of the same, whether by license or otherwise.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 304, 48 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 97–259, title I, § 127(a), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 102–538, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3543.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments1992—Pub. L. 102–538 substituted “waived” for “signed a waiver of”.
1982—Pub. L. 97–259 substituted “electromagnetic spectrum” for “ether”.
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