47 CFR § 64.1001 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s64.1001"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 64.1001 - Purpose."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "64.1001"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "64"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091; Pub. L. 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 13239, Dec. 5, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
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# 64.1001 Purpose.

This subpart is intended to ensure that only used and useful investments and expenses are recovered through regulated interstate rates pursuant to section 201(b) of the Communications Act as amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. 201(b).