Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 532


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 532 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 612, as added Pub. L.
    98-549, Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2782; amended Pub. L.
    102-385, Secs. 9, 10(a), (b), Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1484, 1486;
    Pub. L. 104-104, title V, Sec. 506(b), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat.
    137.)
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104-104 substituted "a cable
    operator may refuse to transmit any leased access program or
    portion of a leased access program which contains obscenity,
    indecency, or nudity and" for "an operator".
      1992 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 9(a), inserted "to
    promote competition in the delivery of diverse sources of video
    programming and" after "purpose of this section is".
      Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 9(d), amended par. (5)
    generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: "For the
    purposes of this section - 
        "(A) the term 'activated channels' means those channels
      engineered at the headend of the cable system for the provision
      of services generally available to residential subscribers of the
      cable system, regardless of whether such services actually are
      provided, including any channel designated for public,
      educational, or governmental use; and
        "(B) the term 'commercial use' means the provision of video
      programming, whether or not for profit."
      Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 9(b)(1), inserted "and with
    rules prescribed by the Commission under paragraph (4)" after
    "purpose of this section".
      Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 9(b)(2), added par. (4).
      Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 10(a), inserted "or the cable
    operator" after "franchising authority" and inserted at end "This
    subsection shall permit a cable operator to enforce prospectively a
    written and published policy of prohibiting programming that the
    cable operator reasonably believes describes or depicts sexual or
    excretory activities or organs in a patently offensive manner as
    measured by contemporary community standards."
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 9(c), added subsec. (i).
      Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 10(b), added subsec. (j).
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 541, 543, 558, 573 of
    this title.

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