47 U.S.C. § 731
Section 731 · 731 to 735. Omitted
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation (1995)
Most recently applied in Indiana Department of State Revenue v. Farm Credit Services of Mid-America (September 2000)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
There is authorized to be created a communications satellite corporation for profit which will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 731, Pub. L. 87–624, title III, §301, Aug. 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 423, authorized creation of a for-profit communications satellite corporation not to be a Government agency, subject to this chapter and the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–414, §304(b)(2).