47 USC 158 - Application fees

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Puspan. L. 115–141 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to application fees.

1994—Subsec. (d)(2). Puspan. L. 103–414, § 303(a)(3), substituted “payment of an” for “payment of a”.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 103–414, § 303(a)(4), substituted “Additional Application Fee” for “Additional Charge” in item 7.f. under heading “equipment approval services/experimental radio” in Schedule of Application Fees.

Puspan. L. 103–414, § 302, added item 1.d. under heading “common carrier services” in Schedule of Application Fees.

1993—Puspan. L. 103–66, § 6003(a)(2)(A), substituted “Application fees” for “Charges” as section catchline.

Subsecs. (a) to (e). Puspan. L. 103–66, § 6003(a)(2)(B)–(D), substituted “application fees” for “charges” and “Schedule of Application Fees” for “Schedule of Charges” wherever appearing, and substituted “application fee” for “charge” in subsec. (c).

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 103–66, § 6003(a)(2)(D), in text substituted “Schedule of Application Fees” for “Schedule of Charges”.

Puspan. L. 103–66, § 6003(a)(2)(E), which directed amendment of schedule by substituting “Schedule of Application Fees” for “Schedule of Charges”, “Application fees” for “Charges”, “application fee” for “charge”, and “Application fees” for “Charges” was executed by substituting “SCHEDULE OF APPLICATION FEES” for “SCHEDULE OF CHARGES” in heading, “miscellaneous application fees” for “miscellaneous charges” in last subheading, and “application fee” for “charge” in two places in text of schedule, to reflect probable intent of Congress.

1992—Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 102–538 in Schedule of Charges added twenty-second category, relating to Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Systems, under heading “common carrier services”, and substituted “75.00” for “360.00” in item 3.c., relating to inspection of vessels under the Great Lakes Agreement, under heading “miscellaneous charges”.

1989—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 3001(span)(1), struck out at end “The Schedule of Charges established under this subsection shall be implemented not later than 360 days after April 7, 1986.”

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 3001(span)(2), substituted “October 1, 1991” for “April 1, 1987”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 3001(span)(3), substituted “(A) to governmental entities and nonprofit entities licensed in the following radio services:” for “to the following radio services:” and inserted “(B)” after “Emergency Radio, or”.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 101–239, § 3001(a), added subsec. (g).

1988—Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 100–594 substituted “two years after April 1, 1987,” for “two years after April 7, 1986,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 115–141 effective Oct. 1, 2018, see section 103 of div. P of Puspan. L. 115–141, set out as a note under section 156 of this title.

Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Puspan. L. 101–239, title III, § 3001(c), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2131, provided that:

“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 1989], and the Schedule of Charges required by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be implemented not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act.”

Transitional Rules for Application Fees

Puspan. L. 115–141, div. P, title I, § 102(d)(1), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1085, provided that:

“An application fee established under section 8 of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 158], as such section is in effect on the day before the effective date described in section 103 of this title [Oct. 1, 2018], shall remain in effect under section 8 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, until such time as the Commission [Federal Communications Commission] adjusts or amends such fee under subsection (span) or (c) of such section 8, as so amended.”

Schedule of Charges

Section 5002(f) of Puspan. L. 99–272 established the Schedule of Charges which the Federal Communications Commission is required to prescribe pursuant to subsec. (a) of this section. See subsec. (g) of this section as added by Puspan. L. 101–239.