47-U.S.C.-703

§703 – Satellite Service Report

Pathway

Title 47 > Chapter 6 > Subchapter I > Section 703

Details

• Reference: Section 703
• Legend: §703 – Satellite Service Report
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) Annual report

The Federal Communications Commission shall review competitive market conditions with respect to domestic and international satellite communications services and shall include in an annual report an analysis of those conditions. The Commission shall transmit a copy of the report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.

(b) Content

The Commission shall include in the report—

(1) an identification of the number and market share of competitors in domestic and international satellite markets;

(2) an analysis of whether there is effective competition in the market for domestic and international satellite services; and

(3) a list of any foreign nations in which legal or regulatory practices restrict access to the market for satellite services in such nation in a manner that undermines competition or favors a particular competitor or set of competitors.

(Pub. L. 109–34, §4, July 12, 2005, 119 Stat. 377.)

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 which comprises this chapter.

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