47 USC 511 - Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 03, 2024

§ 511.

Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting

(a)

Increased general penalty

(b)

Violation of this chapter, rules, or regulations

(c)

Annual report

(d)

Enforcement sweeps

(1)

Annual sweeps

(2)

Additional monitoring

(3)

No effect on remaining enforcement

(e)

State and local government authority

(f)

Revision of commission rules required

(g)

Pirate radio broadcasting database

(1)

In general

Not later than 90 days after January 24, 2020, and semi-annually thereafter, the Commission shall publish a database in a clear and legible format of all licensed radio stations operating in the AM and FM bands. The database shall be easily accessible from the Commission home page through a direct link. The database shall include the following information:

(A)

Each licensed station, listed by the assigned frequency, channel number, or Commission call letters.

(B)

All entities that have received a notice of unlicensed operation, notice of apparent liability, or forfeiture order issued by the Commission.

(2)

Clear identification

The Commission shall clearly identify in the database—

(A)

each licensed station as a station licensed by the Commission; and

(B)

each entity described in paragraph (1)(B) as operating without a Commission license or authorization.

(h)

Definition of pirate radio broadcasting

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 511, as added Pub. L. 116–109, § 2, Jan. 24, 2020, 134 Stat. 3.)

cite as: 47 USC 511