{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1464","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1464.","heading":"Broadcasting obscene language","status":null,"guid":"idbceb0ec4-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 769; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":536,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch71","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch71","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 71—","heading":"OBSCENITY","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74b03f28-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1464\"><num value=\"1464\">§ 1464.</num><heading> Broadcasting obscene language</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever utters any obscene, indecent, or profane language by means of radio communication shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74b03f29-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/769\">62 Stat. 769</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/L\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74b03f2a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74b03f2b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on sections 326 and 501 of title 47, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radio-telegraphs (<ref href=\"/us/act/1934-06-19/ch652\">June 19, 1934, ch. 652</ref>, §§ 326, 501, <ref href=\"/us/stat/48/1091\">48 Stat. 1091</ref>, 1100).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section consolidates last sentence of section 326 with penalty provision of section 501 both of title 47, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phraseology necessary to effect the consolidation.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\"><ref href=\"/us/usc/t47/s501\">Section 501 of title 47</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is to remain, also, in said title 47, as it relates to other sections therein.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74b03f2c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74b03f2d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id74b03f2e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"miscellaneous\" id=\"id74b03f2f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Obscene Language; Promulgation of Regulations</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations by <date date=\"1989-01-31\">Jan. 31, 1989</date>, in accordance with this section to enforce this section on a 24 hour per day basis, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/459/s608\">section 608 of Pub. L. 100–459</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t47/s303\">section 303 of Title 47</ref>, Telecommunications.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}