7 USC § 923 - State regulation of telephone service

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title: "7 USC § 923 - State regulation of telephone service"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "923"
section_name: "State regulation of telephone service"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title II, § 202, as added Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, § 5, 63 Stat. 948.)"
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# § 923. State regulation of telephone service

47 U.S.C. 151

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deprive any State commission, board, or other agency of jurisdiction, under any State law, now or hereafter effective, to regulate telephone service which is not subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission, under the Communications Act of 1934 [ et seq.], including the rates for such service.

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**Source Credit**: (May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title II, § 202, as added Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, § 5, 63 Stat. 948.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in text, is , , which is classified principally to chapter 5 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 47, Telecommunications. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.