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47 USC § 1501 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s1501"
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title: "47 USC § 1501 - Definitions"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "1501"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "MAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BROADBAND INVESTMENT AND LIMITING EXCESSIVE AND NEEDLESS OBSTACLES TO WIRELESS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 602, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1097.)"
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# § 1501. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Appropriate committees of Congress** The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

**(A)** the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

**(B)** the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and

**(C)** each committee of the Senate or of the House of Representatives with jurisdiction over a Federal entity affected by the applicable section in which the term appears.

**(2)** **Commission** The term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.

**(3)** **Federal entity** *l*

The term “Federal entity” has the meaning given the term in section 923() of this title.

**(4)** **NTIA** The term “NTIA” means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce.

**(5)** **OMB** The term “OMB” means the Office of Management and Budget.

**(6)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 602, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1097.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title VI of div. P of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title VI to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter, amending sections 928 and 1455 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under
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> , and enacting and amending provisions set out as as notes under
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> , Public Buildings, Property, and Works] may be cited as the ‘Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act’ or the ‘MOBILE NOW Act’.”

, , , provided that: