PocketLaw | USC 47 | Common Carrier Regulation

Common Carrier Regulation

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Service and charges

Discriminations and preferences

Schedules of charges

Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing

Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations

Carriers' liability for damages

Recovery of damages

Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation

Orders for payment of money

Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense

Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission

Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities

Valuation of property of carrier

Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity

Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress

Receivers and trustees; application of chapter

Agents' acts and omissions; liability of carrier

Management of business; inquiries by Commission

Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally

Accounts, records, and memoranda

Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies

Privacy of customer information

Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications

Pole attachments

Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals

Telephone operator services

Restrictions on use of telephone equipment

Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information

Call authentication

Section
227b–1

Access to number resources

Section
227b–2

Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General

Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance

Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material

Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors