A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to permit the Federal Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, directors, or stockholders; and to permit aliens holding such radio station licenses to be licensed as operators.
PL 93-505 (S.2457), enacted 11/30/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-505-NOV. 30, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
November 30, 1974 
[S. 2457] 
Public Law 93-505 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to permit the Federal 
Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety 
and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives 
of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, 
directors, or stockholders; and to permit aliens holding such radio station 
licenses to be licensed as operators. 
Amateur radio 
operators, aliens. 
Operation in 
U.S. 
47 u s e 301. 
Bilateral agree-
ment. 
5 u s e note 
prec. 551. 
License restric-
tions. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representaiwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That subsection (1) 
of section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 
U.S.C. 303(1)), is amended by deleting paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
"(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, an indi-
vidual to whom a radio station is licensed under the provisions of this 
Act may be issued an operator's license to operate that station. 
" (3) In addition to amateur operator licenses which the Commission 
may issue to aliens pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, and 
notwithstanding section 301 of this Act and paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the Commission may issue authorizations, under such con-
ditions 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 pos-
sessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in 
effect a bilateral agreement between the United States and the alien's 
government for such operation on a reciprocal basis by United States 
amateur radio operators. Other provisions of this Act and of the 
Administrative Procedure Act shall not be applicable to any request 
or application for or modification, suspension, or cancellation of any 
such authorization." 
SEC. 2. Section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended 
(47 U.S.C. 310), is amended by deleting subsection (a), redesignating 
subsection (b) as subsection (d) and inserting the following new 
subsections (a), (b),and (c) : 
" (a) The station license required under this Act shall not be granted 
to or held by any foreign government or the representative thereof. 
"(b) No broadcast or common carrier or aeronautical en route or 
aeronautical fixed radio station license shall be granted to 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 any officer or director is an 
alien or of which more than one-fifth 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 corpora-
tion organized under the laws of a foreign country; 
"(4) any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any 
other corporation of which any officer or more than one-fourth of 
the directors are aliens, or of which more than one-fourth of the 
capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens, their rep-
resentatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof, 
or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign 
country, if the Commission finds that the public interest will be 
served by the refusal or revocation of such license. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-507-NOV. 30, 1974 
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"(c) In addition to amateur station licenses which the Commission 
may issue to aliens pursuant to this Act, 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 govern-
ment in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a bilateral agreement between 
the United States and the alien's government for such operation on a 
reciprocal basis by United States amateur radio operators. Other 
provisions of this Act and of the Administrative Procedure Act shall 
not be applicable to any request or application for or modification, 
suspension, or cancellation of any such authorization." 
Approved November 30, 1974. 
Bilateral 
ment. 
5 u s e not 
prec. 551. 
Public Law 93-506 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (b) of section 214 and subsection- (c) (1) of section 222 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to designate tlie Secre-
tary of Defense (rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy) as 
the person entitled to receive official notice of the filing of certain applications 
in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State 
where under section 214 applications involve service to foreign points. 
November 30, 1974 
[S. 1479] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (b) 
of section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 
U.S.C. 214(b)), is amended by deleting from the first sentence thereof 
"the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy," and inserting 
in lieu thereof "the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State (with 
respect to such applications involving service to foreign points),". 
SEC. 2. That subsection (c)(1) of section 222 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, is amended by deleting from the first sentence 
thereof "the Secretary of the Army," and "the Secretary of the Navy," 
and inserting in lieu thereof "the Secretary of Defense," immediately 
after "Secretary of State," in such sentence. 
Approved November 30, 1974. 
Federal Commu-
nications Com-
mission. 
Certain common 
carrier applica-
tions, notice. 
47 u s e 222. 
Public Law 93-507 
AN A C T 
November 30, 1974 
To amend section 415 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide 
l^s. 1227] 
for a two-year period of limitations in proceedings against carriers for the 
recovery of overcharges or damages not based on overcharges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsections (a), communications 
(b), and (c) of section 415 of the Communications Act of 1934, as "Tr'^ceedtngrb'y 
amended (47 U.S.C. 415), are amended to read as follows: 
or against, umi-
"(a) All actions at law by carriers for recovery of their lawful tation period, ex-
charges, or any part thereof, shall be begun, within two years from the 
time the cause of action accrues, and not after. 
"(b) All complaints against carriers for the recovery of damages 
not based on overcharges shall be filed with the Commission within 
two years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after, 
subject to subsection (d) of this section.