47 CFR 101.7
§ 101.7 Eligibility for station license.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 101.7, § 101.7 Eligibility for station license, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/238633
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(a) A station license may not be granted to or held by a foreign government or by a representative of a foreign government.
(b) In the Common Carrier service, a station license may not be granted or held by:
(1) Any alien or the representative of any alien;
(2) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government;
(3) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by: Aliens or their representatives; a foreign government or representatives thereof; or any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country; or
(4) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign government, if the Commission finds that the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.