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title: "47 U.S.C. § 506"
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title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
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section: "506"
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# 47 U.S.C. § 506 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747

## Notes

Section, act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 506, as added Apr. 16, 1946, ch. 138, 60 Stat. 89, prohibited certain coercive practices affecting broadcasting and provided penalties for violations.