Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense

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Title 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS > CHAPTER 5—WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION > SUBCHAPTER II—COMMON CARRIERS > Part I—Common Carrier Regulation

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Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit common carriers from issuing or giving franks to, or exchanging franks with each other for the use of, their officers, agents, employees, and their families, or, subject to such rules as the Commission may prescribe, from issuing, giving, or exchanging franks and passes to or with other common carriers not subject to the provisions of this chapter, for the use of their officers, agents, employees, and their families. The term “employees”, as used in this section, shall include furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees.

( June 19, 1934, ch. 652 , title II, § 210, 48 Stat. 1073 ; June 25, 1940, ch. 422 , 54 Stat. 570 .)

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