Applications Relating to Consolidation, Acquisition, or Control of Telephone Companies
other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1996-07-12 · Effective 1996-07-12 · 61 FR 36653
Document
Document number
96-17809
Federal Register citation
61 FR 36653
CFR reference
47 CFR 66
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1996-07-12
Effective date
1996-07-12
FCC docket
FCC 96-242
Abstract
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 specifically repealed section 221(a) of the Communications Act of 1934. In 1956, the Commission had enacted part 66 of the rules to set out the contents of an application for authority to consolidate telephone companies. Since the Commission no longer has this authority, it has removed part 66 of its rules as unnecessary.