Telecommunications Act of 1996

Short Title
Table of Contents
Definitions

Title I - Telecommunication Services
Subtitle A - Telecommunications Services

Section 101 - Establishment of Part II of Title II

Section 251 - Interconnection
Section 252 - Procedures for Negotiation, Arbitration, and Approval of Agreements
Section 253 - Removal of Barriers to Entry
Section 254 - Universal Service
Section 255 - Access by Persons with Disabilities
Section 256 - Coordination for Interconnectivity
Section 257 - Market Entry Barriers Proceeding
Section 258 - Illegal Changes in Subscriber Carrier Selections
Section 259 - Infrastructure Sharing
Section 260 - Provision of Telemessaging Service
Section 261 - Effect on Other Requirements

Section 102 - Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
Section 103 - Exempt Telecommunications Companies
Section 104 - Nondiscrimination Principle

Subtitle B - Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies

Section 151 - Bell Operating Company Provisions

Section 271 - Bell Operating Company Entry Into InterLATA Services
Section 272 - Separate Affiliate; Safeguards
Section 273 - Manufacturing by Bell Operating Companies
Section 274 - Electronic Publishing by Bell Operating Companies
Section 275 - Alarm Monitoring Services
Section 275 - Provision of Payphone Services

Title II - Broadcast Services

Section 201 - Broadcast Spectrum Flexibility

Section 336 - Broadcast Spectrum Flexibility

Section 202 - Broadcast Ownership
Section 203 - Term of Licenses
Section 204 - Broadcast License Renewal Procedures
Section 205 - Direct Broadcast Satellite Service
Section 206 - Automated Ship Distress and Safety System

Section 365 - Automated Ship Distress and Safety System

Section 207 - Restrictions on Over-the-Air Reception Devices

Title III - Cable Services

Section 301 - Cable Act Reform
Section 302 - Cable Service Provided by Telephone Companies

Section 651 - Regulatory Treatment of Video Programming Services
Section 652 - Prohibition on Buy Outs
Section 653 - Establishment of Open Video Systems

Section 303 - Preemption of Franchising Authority Regulation of Telecommunications Services
Section 304 - Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices

Section 629 - Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices

Section 305 - Video Programming Accessibility

Section 713 - Video Programming Accessibility

Title IV - Regulatory Reform

Section 401 - Regulatory Forebearance

Section 10 - Competition in Provision of Telecommunications Service

Section 402 - Biennial Review of Regulations; Regulatory Relief

Section 11 - Regulatory Reform

Section 403 - Elimination of Unnecessary Commission Regulations and Functions

Title V - Obscenity and Violence
Subtitle A - Obscene, Harassing, and Wrongful Utilization of Telecommunications Facilities

Section 501 - Short Title
Section 502 - Obscene or Harassing Use of Telecommunications
Section 503 - Obscene Programming on Cable Television
Section 504 - Scrambling of Channels for Nonsubscribers

Section 640 - Scrambling of Channels for Nonsubscribers

Section 505 - Scrambling of Sexually Explicit Adult Video Programming
Section 506 - Cable Operator Refusal to Carry Certain Programs
Section 507 - Communication of Obscene Materials Through the Use of Computers
Section 508 - Coercion and Enticement of Minors
Section 509 - Online Family Empowerment

Section 230 - Protection for Private Blocking and Screening of Offensive Material

Subtitle B - Violence

Section 551 - Parental Choice in Television Programming
Section 552 - Technology Fund

Subtitle C - Violence

Section 561 - Expedited Review

Title VI - Effect on Other Laws

Section 601 - Applicability of Consent Decress and Other Law
Section 602 - Preemption of Local Taxation of Direct-to-Home Services

Title VII - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 701 - Prevention of Unfair Billing Practices
Section 702 - Privacy of Customer Information

Section 222 - Privacy of Customer Information

Section 703 - Pole Attachments
Section 704 - Facilities Siting; Radio Frequency Emission Standards
Section 705 - Mobile Services Direct Access to Long Distance Carriers
Section 706 - Advanced Telecommunications Incentives

Section 714 - Telecommunications Development Fund

Section 708 - National Education Funding Technology Corporation
Section 709 - Report on Advanced Telecommunications for Medical Purposes
Section 710 - Authorization of Appropriations

 

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