Communications Act Amendments of 1976: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 10620 and S. 2343 ... July 29, 1976 |
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apparent liability attorney bill BRADLEY BRARY cable operator cable tele cable television industry cable television systems CATA CATV systems cease and desist certificate of compliance Chairman Wiley Chairman Wiley's testimony COLEMAN Commission's rules Committee on Interstate common carriers Communications Act complaint CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construct a CATV counsel court decibels EFFROS enactment enforcement FCC regulations FCC rules FCC's Federal Communications Commission feiture Foreign Commerce forfeiture authority forfeiture legislation forfeiture liability forfeiture penalty forfeiture power FREY GRESS Gridley hearing HENSON MOORE impose forfeitures imposition of forfeitures Interstate and Foreign investigators January 21 LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS license LIONEL VAN DEERLIN LOUIS FREY MOORE NCTA notice of apparent OSHA paragraph Pennsylvania personal interview present prior problems procedures question regulatory RESS THE LIBRARY rules and regulations Section 503 SHOOSHAN statement subscribers syndicated exclusivity system operator TeleCable Corporation tion TV Cable violation
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Page 15 - After a nonnetwork first-run of the series in the market or after 1 year from the date of the first nonnetwork broadcast in the market of an episode in the series, whichever occurs first; (3) For first-run series programs : (i) Prior to the first broadcast in the market of an episode in the series...
Page 11 - ... person (A) is sent a citation of the violation charged; (B) is given a reasonable opportunity for a personal interview with an official of the Commission, at the field office of the Commission which is nearest to such person's place of residence; and (C) subsequently engages in conduct of the type described in such citation.
Page 37 - Any licensee or permittee of a broadcast station who— (A) willfully or repeatedly fails to operate such station substantially as set forth in his license or permit, (B) willfully or repeatedly fails to observe any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation of the Commission prescribed under authority of this Act or under authority of any treaty ratified by the United States...
Page 5 - ... $20,000, if the violator is (i) a common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act, (ii) a broadcast station licensee or permittee, or (iii) a cable television operator; or (B) $5,000, in any case not covered by subparagraph (A). The amount of such forfeiture penalty shall be assessed by the Commission, or its designee, by written notice. In determining the amount of such a forfeiture penalty, the Commission or its designee shall take into...
Page 5 - ... (3) No forfeiture liability under paragraph (1) of this subsection (b) shall attach for any violation occurring more than one year prior to the date of issuance of the notice of apparent liability and in no event shall the forfeiture imposed for the acts or omissions set forth in any notice of apparent liability exceed $10,000.
Page 8 - ... 1304, 1343, or 1464 of title 18, United States Code; shall be liable to the United States for a forfeiture penalty. A forfeiture penalty under this subsection shall be in addition to any other penalty provided for by this Act; except that this subsection shall not apply to any conduct which is subject to forfeiture under title II, part II or III of title III, or section 506 of this Act.
Page 13 - The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act; except that the provisions of sections 503 (b) and 510 of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect on such date of enactment, shall continue to constitute the applicable law with the respect to any act or omission which occurs prior to such thirtieth day.
Page 7 - Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to penalties and forfeitures. '; 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of. lleprcsenta2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, .3 That this Act may be cited as the "Communications Act 4 Amendments of 1976".
Page 39 - A liberal, on the other hand, throws a 50-foot rope to a person only 25 feet from shore — and after throwing it, lets go of the other end and walks away to do another good deed.
Page 19 - Pa. — May I ask, when you speak of corrosion, was that the result of a corrosion test? WH FORTH. — No, it was not. We judge entirely by the shelf-life deterioration of a dry cell. FG BREYER. — The trouble with the battery shelf deterioration is that there are so many other things that enter into it besides the metal itself. We should develop a satisfactory test that has fewer variables in it and which can be exterpolated to shelf life.