Files
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

2.9 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction corpus kind title_number title_name chapter_number chapter_name section citation status release_point release_date source source_url source_identifier source_file source_hash raw_snapshot_hash text_hash retrieved_at confidence tags
LegalText 47 U.S.C. § 556 Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority us united_states_code code_section 47 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 5 WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION 556 47 U.S.C. § 556 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc47@119-100.zip /us/usc/t47/s556 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-47/usc47.xml 392a7fd5d36afa6f09de64db16486eb091c13eda68891c5aae399eb2ab604ee0 7cfb2d22df305544d8fac4913876d34c6b712d99019bd01ec134ed44ef145534 9f208b09335b66362b2a3b42d9b2b41406f8895b46a05294a830402d19c4f201 2026-07-04 official
legal
us-code

47 U.S.C. § 556 - Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority

Text

(a) Regulation by States, political subdivisions, State and local agencies, and franchising authorities Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect any authority of any State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, or franchising authority, regarding matters of public health, safety, and welfare, to the extent consistent with the express provisions of this subchapter.

(b) State jurisdiction with regard to cable services Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to restrict a State from exercising jurisdiction with regard to cable services consistent with this subchapter.

(c) Preemption Except as provided in section 557 of this title, any provision of law of any State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, or franchising authority, or any provision of any franchise granted by such authority, which is inconsistent with this chapter shall be deemed to be preempted and superseded.

(d) “State” defined For purposes of this section, the term “State” has the meaning given such term in section 153 of this title.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, § 636, as added Pub. L. 98549, § 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2800; amended Pub. L. 104104, § 3(d)(3), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 61.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.

Amendments1996—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104104 substituted “section 153” for “section 153(v)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98549, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.