Sec. 21.1  Scope and authority.

    (a) The purpose of the rules and regulations in this part is to 
prescribe the manner in which portions of the radio spectrum may be made 
available for domestic communication common carrier and multipoint 
distribution service non-common carrier operations which require 
transmitting facilities on land or in specified offshore coastal areas 
within the continental shelf.
    (b) The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority 
contained in Titles I through III of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, which vest authority in the Federal Communications Commission 
to regulate common carriers of interstate and foreign communications, to 
regulate radio transmissions and issue licenses for radio stations, and 
to regulate all interstate and foreign communications by wire and radio 
necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Act.
    (c) Unless otherwise specified, the section numbers referenced in 
this part are contained in chapter I, title 47 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
[ 52 FR 37776 , Oct. 9, 1987]