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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes · Sec. 327

Sec. 327. USE OF NAVAL STATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL MESSAGES

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## SEC. 327 USE OF NAVAL STATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL MESSAGES **[**[47 U.S.C. 327](/us/usc/t47/s327)**]** The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, unless restrained by international agreement, under the terms and conditions and at rates prescribed by him, which rates shall be just and reasonable, and which, upon complaint, shall be subject to review and revision by the Commission, to use all radio stations and apparatus, wherever located, owned by the United States and under the control of the Navy Department,
(a)for the reception and transmission of press messages offered by any newspaper published in the United States, its Territories or possessions, or published by citizens of the United States in foreign countries, or by any press association of the United States, and
(b)for the reception and transmission of private commercial messages between ships, between ship and shore, between localities in Alaska and between Alaska and the continental United States: *Provided,* That the rates fixed for the reception and transmission of all such messages, other than press messages between the Pacific coast of the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, American Samoa, and the Orient, and between the United States and the Virgin Islands, shall not be less than the rates charged by privately owned and operated stations for like messages and service: *Provided further,* That the right to use such stations for any of the purposes named in this section shall terminate and cease as between any countries or localities or between any locality and privately operated ships whenever privately owned and operated stations are capable of meeting the normal communication requirements between such countries or localities or between any locality and privately operated ships, and the Commission shall have notified the Secretary of the Navy thereof. **[**Section 328 was repealed by Public Law 103–414, section 304(a)(10), 108 Stat. 4296–7.**]**
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Sec. 327
USE OF NAVAL STATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL MESSAGES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-414
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