Communications Satellite Act of 1962

Communications Satellite Act of 1962
Long title	An Act to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CSA
Enacted by	the 87th United States Congress
Effective	August 31, 1962
Citations
Public law	87-624
Statutes at Large	76 Stat. 419
Codification
Titles amended	47 U.S.C.: Telegraphy
U.S.C. sections created	47 U.S.C. ch. 6 § 701 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 11040 by Oren Harris (D–AR) on April 2, 1962; Passed the House on May 3, 1962 (354-9); Passed the Senate on August 17, 1962 (66-11) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on August 27, 1962 (372-10, provisions of H.Res. 769); Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on August 31, 1962;

The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 was put into effect in order to deal with the issue of commercialization of space communications. This act was very controversial, and was left very open-ended. The act was signed August 31, 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.