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Article

III

Communications
Section 131

(a)
The Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Federated
States of Micronesia have full authority and responsibility to
regulate their respective domestic and foreign communications, and
the Government of the United States shall provide communication
assistance in accordance with the terms of a separate agreement
which shall come into effect simultaneously with this Compact, and
such agreement shall remain in effect until such time as any
election is made pursuant to Section 131(b) and which shall
provide for the following:
(1) the Government of the United States remains the sole
administration entitled to make notification to the
International Frequency Registration Board of the
International Telecommunications Union of frequency
assignments to radio communications stations respectively in the Marshall Islands and the Federated
States of Micronesia; and to submit to the International Frequency Registration Board seasonal schedules for the broadcasting stations respectively in
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the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of
Micronesia in. the bands allocated exclusively to the

broadcasting service between 5,950 and 26,100 kHz and
in any other additional frequency bands that may be

allocated to use by high frequency broadcasting
stations; and

(2) the United States Federal Communications Commission
has jurisdiction, pursuant to the Communications Act
of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 151 et. seg., and the Communica-~

tions Satellite Act of 1962, 47 U.S.C. 721 et. seq.,

over all domestic and foreign communications services
furnished by means of satellite earth terminal stations where such stations are owned or operated by

United States common carriers and are located in the
Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia.
(b)
The Government of the Marshall Islands or the Federated
States of Micronesia may elect at any time to undertake the functions enumerated in Section 131(a) and previously performed by the
Government of the United States.
Upon such election, the Government of the United States shall so notify the International Freguency Registration Board and shall take such other actions as may
be necessary to transfer to the electing Government the notification authority referred to in Section 13l(a) and all rights deriving from the previous exercise of any such notification authority
by the Government of the United States.
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