Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/310?quicktabs_8=4
Timestamp: 2014-12-19 14:51:19
Document Index: 174302050

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 310', '§ 310', '§ 310', 'art 25', 'art 79', 'art 80', 'art 97']

47 U.S. Code § 310 - License ownership restrictions | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 47 › Chapter 5 › Subchapter III › Part I › § 310 47 U.S. Code § 310 - License ownership restrictions
Grant to or holding by foreign government or representative The station license required under this chapter shall not be granted to or held by any foreign government or the representative thereof.
Grant to or holding by alien or representative, foreign corporation, etc. No broadcast or common carrier or aeronautical en route or aeronautical fixed radio station license shall be granted to or held by—
Authorization for aliens licensed by foreign governments; multilateral or bilateral agreement to which United States and foreign country are parties as prerequisite In addition to amateur station licenses which the Commission may issue to aliens pursuant to this chapter, the Commission may issue authorizations, under such conditions and terms as it may prescribe, to permit an alien licensed by his government as an amateur radio operator to operate his amateur radio station licensed by his government in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a multilateral or bilateral agreement, to which the United States and the alien’s government are parties, for such operation on a reciprocal basis by United States amateur radio operators. Other provisions of this chapter and of subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5 shall not be applicable to any request or application for or modification, suspension, or cancellation of any such authorization.
Assignment and transfer of construction permit or station license No construction permit or station license, or any rights thereunder, shall be transferred, assigned, or disposed of in any manner, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, or by transfer of control of any corporation holding such permit or license, to any person except upon application to the Commission and upon finding by the Commission that the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be served thereby. Any such application shall be disposed of as if the proposed transferee or assignee were making application under section 308 of this title for the permit or license in question; but in acting thereon the Commission may not consider whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity might be served by the transfer, assignment, or disposal of the permit or license to a person other than the proposed transferee or assignee.
Administration of regional concentration rules for broadcast stations (1)
47 CFR - Telecommunication47 CFR Part 25 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS47 CFR Part 79 - CLOSED CAPTIONING AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING47 CFR Part 80 - STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES47 CFR Part 97 - AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE