47 USC § 306 - Foreign ships; application of section 301

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title: "47 USC § 306 - Foreign ships; application of section 301"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "306"
section_name: "Foreign ships; application of section 301"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
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source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 306, 48 Stat. 1083.)"
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# § 306. Foreign ships; application of section 301

Section 301 of this title

 shall not apply to any person sending radio communications or signals on a foreign ship while the same is within the jurisdiction of the United States, but such communications or signals shall be transmitted only in accordance with such regulations designed to prevent interference as may be promulgated under the authority of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 306, 48 Stat. 1083.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.